30- epidemic typhus fmge march 2012

q-30  Epidemic typhus is transmitted by




a) Flea 




b) Mite 




c) Tick




d) Louse




answer: louse




epidemic typhus causative organism - 


riccketsia prowazeki transmitted by


 human body louse -pediculus human


   corporis.






similar confusing questions


Hard tick transmits

a) oroyo fever




b) Oriental sore




c) Leishmaniasis




d) Tick typhus - answer




Which one of the following is transmitted by


 Soft tick ? UPSC — 2006



a) Tick typhus




b) Tularaemia




c) Relapsing fever- answer




d) Colorado tick fever

The diseases transmitted by various insects are
Ä     Anopheles mosquito
o       Malaria
o       Filaria (not in India)


Ä     Culex mosquito
o       Bancroftian Filariasis
o       Japanese Encephalitis
o       West Nile fever
o       Viral Arthritis (epidemic / polyarthritis)


Ä     Aedes mosquito
o       Yellow fever (not in India)
o       Dengue
o       Dengue Haemorrhagic fever
o       Chikungunya fever
o       Chikungunya haemorrhagic fever
o       Rift Valley fever
o       Filaria (not in India)


Ä     Mansonoides mosquito
o       Malayan (Brugian) filariasis
o       Chikungunya fever




Ä     Housefly
o       Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
o       Diarrhoea
o       Dysentry
o       Cholera
o       Gastro-enteritis
o       Amoebiasis
o       Helminthic infestations
o       Poliomyelitis
o       Conjucntivitis
o       Trachoma
o       Anthrax
o       Yaws




Ä     Sandfly
o       Kala-azar
o       Oriental Sore
o       Sandfly fever
o       Oraya Fever




Ä     Tsetse Fly
o       Sleeping Sickness




Ä     Louse
o       Epidemic Typhus
o       Relapsing Fever
o       Trench Fever
o       Pediculosis




Ä     Rat Flea
o       Bubonic Plague
o       Endemic Typhus
o       Chiggerosis
o       Hymenolepis diminuta




Ä     Black Fly
o       Onchocerciasis


Ä     Reduvid Bug
o       Chagas Disease




Ä     Hard Tick
o       Tick Typhus
o       Viral Encephalitis
o       Viral Fevers
o       Viral Hemorrhagic fevers (eg KFD)
o       Tularemia
o       Tick Paralysis
o       Human Babesiosis




Ä     Soft Tick
o       Q Fever
o       Relapsing Fever




Ä     Trombiculid Mite
o       Scrub Typhus
o       Rickettsial Pox




Ä     Itch-mite
o       Scabies




Ä     Cyclops
o       Guinea Worm
o       Fish Tape worm




Ä     Cockroaches
o       Enteric Pathogens