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‘World Mosquito Day’ is celebrated each year on 20th August. True or False?

Answer 1

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This statement is TRUE - ‘World Mosquito Day’ is celebrated each year on 20th August.

‘World Mosquito Day’ is celebrated in the honour or memory of British Doctor Sir Ronald Ross.

He discovered in 1897, that female mosquitoes spread Malaria from one person to other in humans. It is observed to create awareness about the cause of Malaria and how to prevent from it. Mosquitoes spread many diseases like Malaria ,dengue ,Chikungunya, zika.

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Answer 2

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The correct answer is TRUE.

‘World Mosquito Day’ is celebrated every year on 20th August to honour the British Doctor Sir Ronald Ross.

He also received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902. He had carried out an extensive research work on the transmission of malaria and discovered that female mosquitoes spread Malaria.

He had observed the early stages of malarial parasite inside the gastro-intestinal tract of the mosquito stomach.

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