elephantiasis is caused by anopheles mosquito or culex mosquito
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Wuchereria bancrofi is the causative of tropical elephantiasis which is a mosquito borne disease . Wuchereria bancrofti may cause tropical elephantiasis. The causative agent is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Culex, Anopheles und Aedes. Elephantiasis may also be caused by Brugia malayi
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Answer: elephantiasis is caused by culex mosquito.
Explanation: Female Anopheles mosquito is a vector of the parasite called Plasmodium that causes malaria. Female Anopheles mosquito picks up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. It cannot transmit elephantiasis because the filarial worms like wuchararia do not enter Anopheles mosquito.
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