Animal Kingdom Question 816

Question: Wuchereria bancrofti is carried by [BHU 2000]

Options:

A) Tse-tse fly

B) Male Anopheles

C) Culex mosquito

D) Female Anopheles

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

It is a digenetic parasite completing its life cycle in two hosts.

The intermediate host is a blood sucking insect, usually a culex mosquito and another host is man.