NEET 2018 · Class 12

Human Health and Disease

In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?

  1. (A)Elephantiasis
  2. (B)Ascariasis
  3. (C)Amoebiasis
  4. (D)Ringworm disease

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

*Wuchereria* (*W. bancrofti* and *W. malayi*), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, usually the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs and the disease is called **elephantiasis** or **filariasis** (Figure 7.2).

Chapter
Human Health and Disease
Section
7.1 COMMON DISEASES IN HUMANS
Page
6
Words matched
59 of 59

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Wuchereria (filarial worms) cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels and the disease is called elephantiasis, directly matching the MCQ's requirement for a mosquito-transmitted pathogen causing chronic lymphatic inflammation.

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