This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Environment and health, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Lice are not the vectors of - 
Select and explain. 
A. Relapsing fever, B. Q fever, C. Trench fever, D. Epidemic typhus
B: Q fever
Answer: B: Q fever 
Explanation: Vector Diseases transmitted Soft tick Relapsing fever, Q fever, KFD (outside India) Hard tick Tularemia, Babesiosis, KFD (India), Tick paralysis, Tick encephalitis, Indian tick typhus, Tick hemorrhagic fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Lice Epidemic typhus Trench fever relapsing fever REF: PARK'S TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE, 25TH EDITION, PG NO. 841