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Q. Disease caused by the biting of Culex mosquito is

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Filariasis or elephantiasis is caused by a nematode Wuchereria bancrofti which is transmitted through the bite of Culex fatigans mosquito. In this disease, there is huge enlargement of the diseased (affected) organ.