Mains Paper II · 3 Science & Technology · 3.3 Nutrition, diseases and vaccines

3.3.3 Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: malaria, dengue, kala-azar and Nipah

A vector is an animal (mostly an insect) that carries a pathogen between hosts; zoonoses are diseases that pass from animals to humans.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Mains Paper II
  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • malaria
  • Plasmodium
  • dengue
  • chikungunya
  • kala-azar
  • filariasis
  • Japanese encephalitis
  • Nipah
  • rabies
  • zoonosis

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