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Question
We should not allow mosquitoes to breed in our surroundings because they
Options
multiply very fast and cause pollution
are vectors for many diseases
bite and cause skin diseases
are not important insects
Solution
are vectors for many diseases
Explanation:
Vectors are living organisms that transmit infectious diseases from animals to humans or from humans to humans, without themselves being affected by the disease. Mosquitoes are the blood-sucking insects that ingest disease-producing microorganisms during a blood meal from an infected host (human or animal) and later inject it into a new host during their subsequent blood meal. Mosquitoes are the vectors for a large number of diseases such as dengue, malaria, filariasis, brain fever, chikungunya, yellow fever, etc.
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