“Nuisance mosquito” is –
Correct Answer: Culex
Description: Genus Culex are called nuisance mosquitoes. Impoant vector of the group Culex fatigans is the vector of bancroftian filariasis in India. C.fatigans is essentially a domestic species and is found everywhere. Rapid urbanization and pollution have increased the spread. It breeds in diy water. Culex mosquitoes cause Bancroftian filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, Viral ahritis. Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 25th edition, Page No. 831
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