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Assertion : Filarial worm is transmitted to humans by Culex mosquito.
Reason: Culex prefers to breed in fresh water.
BiologyHuman Health and DiseasesAIIMSAIIMS 2015
Options:
  • A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B Ifboth assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • C If assertion is true but reason is false.
  • D If both assertion and reason are false.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: If assertion is true but reason is false.
Wuchereria (Wbancrofti and Wmalayi), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, usually the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs, and the disease is calledfilariasis. Thepathogen spreads from one human being to another through mosquitoes like Culex and to a less extent by Anopheles and Aedes. The parasite resides in lymph vessels, connective tissues and mesentery. It is manifestated by lymphoedema accompanied by thickening of subcutaneous tissues and skin so that there is permanent swelling mostly of feet, legs, thighs, scrotal sacs, breast etc. In Culex and other mosquitoes females are blood sucking while males suck juices of flowers and fruits. Female Culex carries filarial worm from one person to another. It prefers to breed in dirty water near human habitation.

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