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Which species of mosquito is responsible for the spread of dengue ?
Answer: A
Dengue is spread by Aedes mosquitoes.
Aedes aegypti, and to a lesser extent Aedes albopictus, carry the dengue virus. They bite by day and breed in small pools of clean water in containers, coolers and tyres, which is why dengue rises after the monsoon in towns. They also carry chikungunya and Zika.
Anopheles spreads malaria, and Culex spreads filariasis and Japanese encephalitis. Plasmodium is not a mosquito at all; it is the malaria parasite that Anopheles carries.
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