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Dengue fever is transmitted to humans through the bite of
- A. Anopheles mosquito
- B. Culex mosquito
- C. housefly
- D. Aedes mosquito
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Answer: (D) Aedes mosquito
Dengue is a viral disease spread by the day-biting female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which breeds in clean stagnant water. Malaria is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito, and the Culex mosquito spreads diseases such as filariasis. Houseflies spread diseases like cholera and typhoid mechanically.
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