Q.Name the common mosquito vector responsible for transmitting both dengue and chikungunya.

This is the same day-biting mosquito species responsible for spreading both viral diseases. …

Dengue and chikungunya, although caused by two different viruses, share exactly the same mosquito vector: Aedes aegypti, a day-biting mosquito that breeds preferentially in small collections of clean, stagnant water such as flowerpots, discarded tyres, and coolers. Because the vector is shared, the preventive strategy for both diseases is also identical — elim …

Recall that this chapter deliberately groups dengue and chikungunya together precisely because they share …

Do not mix this up with malaria's vector (Anopheles) or filariasis's vector (Culex) — each disease pairing …