Which of the following statements is true regarding Arboviruses?: (A) Yellow fever is endemic in India, (B) Dengue virus has only one serotype, (C) Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is transmitted by ticks, (D) Mosquito of Culex visnoi - complex is the vector of Dengue fever
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e., Kyasanur forest disease is transmitted by tick(Ref: Ananthanarayan, 9th/e, p. 522, 523 and 8th/e, p. 520)* KFD is mainly transmitted by Hard tick, but soft tick can also transmit the disease and reservoirs are monkeys and rats.* Dengue virus has four serotypes.* Yellow fever is not endemic in India; it is distributed in Africa and South America.* Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes mosquito.