Human Health And Disease Question 204
Question: ‘Dengue fever’ is caused by
[CBSE PMT 1993]
Options:
A) Bacteria
B) Plasmodium
C) Virus
D) Entamoeba histolytica
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Dengue fever is caused by an RNA containing arbo virus (Anthropode borne virus) of flavi virus group, which also causes yellow fever.
Thus, the virus, which causes dengue fever is a mosquito borne flavi-ribo virus. So, the correct answer is option C.