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प्रश्न
Which gender of Culex mosquito is responsible for transmitting filariasis?
पर्याय
Male mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes
Both males and females equally
Larval forms of mosquitoes
MCQ
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उत्तर
Only female Culex mosquitoes transmit filariasis. Female mosquitoes require blood meals for egg production and thus bite humans, during which they can transmit infective larvae. Male mosquitoes do not bite and therefore do not transmit the disease.
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