This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Vector for Japanese Encephalitis is: March 2013 (g) 
Select and explain. 
A. Aedes mosquito, B. Anopheles mosquito, C. Culex mosquito, D. Mansonides mosquito
C: Culex mosquito
Answer: C: Culex mosquito 
Explanation: 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.