diseases: vectors

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Anopheles mosquito transmits which disease?

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1. **Vector-Borne Diseases**: Many infectious diseases are transmitted by arthropod vectors like mosquitoes.
2. **The Case of Malaria**: It is caused by the protozoan parasite *Plasmodium*. The **female Anopheles mosquito** acts as the biological vector that transfers the parasite from an infected person to a healthy one during a blood meal.
3. **Other Vectors**:
   - **Dengue and Yellow Fever**: Transmitted primarily by the *Aedes aegypti* mosquito.
   - **Filariasis (Elephantiasis)**: Transmitted by *Culex* mosquitoes (most common in India) and sometimes *Anopheles* or *Aedes* depending on the specific parasite species (*Wuchereria bancrofti*).

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