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In which disease does mosquito-transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?

  • Elephantiasis

  • Ascariasis

  • Amoebiasis

  • Ringworm disease


A.

Elephantiasis

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. It is caused by roundworm, Wuchereria bancrofti and it is transmitted by culex mosquito.


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Mast cells secrete

  • hippurin

  • myoglobin

  • histamine

  • histamine


HIV that causes AIDS, first starts destroying

  • B-lymphocytes

  • leucocytes

  • thrombocytes

  • thrombocytes


Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune-response is responsible for such rejections?

  • Autoimmune response

  • Cell-mediated immune response

  • Hormonal immune response

  • Hormonal immune response


Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease?

  • Psoriasis

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Vitiligo

  • Alzheimer's disease


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