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The pathogens responsible for causing elephantiasis are transmitted to a healthy person through:
1. Droplet
2. Female mosquito vector 
3. Contaminated food and water 
4. Sexual contact 

 74%
From NCERT
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Ringworm in humans can be caused by infection with all the following except:
1. Microsporum
2. Taenia
3. Trichophyton
4. Epidermophyton

 89%
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Ingestion of food and water contaminated with infective eggs is the primary route of infection for 

1. Taenia solium
2. Wuchereria bancrofti
3. Trichinella sp.
4. Ascaris lumbricoides
 74%
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Adults of Wuchereria bancrofti attacks

1. exeretory system
2. nervous system 
3. digestive system
4. lymphatic system.
 89%
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AIIMS - 2002
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Refer to the given figure depicting a diseased condition in humans and name the worm causing this disease.

1. Epidermophyton floccosum
2. Ascaris lumbricoides
3. Wuchereria bancrofti
4. Entamoeba histolytica

 

 93%
From NCERT
AIIMS - 2017
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