All of the following are true statement for Arbovirus EXCEPT: March 2013 (c): (A) Japanese encephalitis is caused by group B Arbovirus (Flavivirus), (B) Chikungunya fever is transmitted by Aedes mosquito, (C) Kyasanur Forest Disease is transmitted by mites, (D) West nile fever is transmitted by Culex mosquito
Answer is C. Ans. C i.e. Kyasanur Forest Disease is transmitted by mites There are a variety of animals thought to be reservoir hosts for the Kyasanur Forest disease, including porcupines, rats, squirrels, mice and shrews. The vector for disease transmission is Haemaphysalis spinigera, a forest tick. Humans contract infection from the bite of nymphs of the tick.