A) proboscis
B) mandible
C) salivary gland
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Disease like Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis oriental sore or cutaneous leishmaniasis etc are spread by sand fly (Phelebotomus) through its proboscis. Leishmania species are pathogenic blood parasites of man and domestic animals causing ?leishmaniasis?. The bodies of these parasites are colourless, rounded or ovoid and covered by a tough pellicle. Each contains a nuclear kinetoplasts, basal granules etc. but the flagellum is reduced to a short fibril called rhizoplast or axonemae.
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