Question

Yellow fever is transmitted by
A. Culex
B. Aedes
C. Anopheles
D. Bed Bug

Answer 1

Hint: Yellow fever is a viral infection spread by species of mosquito. Yellow fever is caused by Aedes and it is common to areas of Africa and South America. It is not found in India.

Complete answer:
Yellow fever is a disease caused by a virus that is spread through mosquito bites. Symptoms take 3 to 6 days to develop and include fever, chills, headache, backache and muscle aches. A small group of people who get yellow fever develop serious illness that can lead to bleeding, shock, organ failure (death of cells of the liver and kidneys) and sometimes it leads to death.
The Flavivirus causes yellow fever which is present in the Aedes mosquito.
A vaccine for yellow fever is available. Mosquito breeding places to be eliminated by covering small containers, water containers, water tanks and changing the water cooler every week. It is acute viral hemorrhagic fever that causes high fever and bleeding into the skin. The Flavivirus group falls under RNA containing Arbovirus (Arthropod borne virus).

So the correct answer is option B.

Note: Yellow fever is not found in India. Dengue fever is common in India and it is caused by the Aedes aegypti (tiger mosquito). The virus which causes dengue fever is a mosquito borne flavi-ribovirus. This dengue virus is also caused by the bite of female aedes mosquito.