Question

Which gender of Culex mosquito is responsible for transmitting filariasis?

Options

• Male mosquitoes

• Female mosquitoes

• Both males and females equally

• Larval forms of mosquitoes

Answer 1

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.