Question

name the causative agent of
a) filariasis
b) Amoebiosis​

Answer 1

Answer:

Amoebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is a) Wuchereria ( Wuchereria bancrofti , Wuchereria malayi)

b) Entamoeba histolytica

Explanation:

Filariasis or Elephantiasis is caused by Wuchereria which is filarial worms and in this inflammation of lower limbs occurs. The lower lymphatic vessels gets inflammated where the worms live for many years and in this disease genital organs are also affected with some deformation in it. The disease is transmitted to healthy person by the bite of Female Culex which breeds in stagnant water.

Amoebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica which is a protozoan parasite present in the large intestine of human and causes amoebic dysentery. Houseflies are the mechanical carriers of the disease which transmit the disease by contaminating the food and water of healthy person. Parasites are released from the faeces of the infected person.