Vector for Japanese Encephalitis is: March 2013 (g): (A) Aedes mosquito, (B) Anopheles mosquito, (C) Culex mosquito, (D) Mansonides mosquito
Answer is C. Ans. C i.e. Culex mosquito Domestic pigs and wild birds (herons) are reservoirs of the JE virus. Amongst the most impoant vectors of this disease are the mosquitoes Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex vishnui.