Example for "AMPLIFIER HOST": (A) Pig in JE, (B) Dog in hydatid disease, (C) Cattle in mad cow disease, (D) Rat in plague
Answer is A. <p> Infected pigs do not manifest any ove symptoms of illness but circulate the virus so that mosquitoes get infected and can transmit the virus to man. Thus pigs are thus considered as &;amplifiers&; of the virus. Reference:Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,K.Park,23rd edition,page no:285. <\p>