In which of the following infections mosquito is the main vector?
Correct Answer: Yellow fever
Description: The yellow fever virus is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes (the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. After transmission of the virus from a mosquito the viruses replicate in the lymph nodes and infect dendritic cells in paicular. Hepatitis-A and Cholera are transmitted through feco-oral route. Leprosy is transmitted by fomites.
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