Kala-azar is transmitted by

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(A) Kala-azar, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is caused by the protozoan parasite $Leishmania 	ext{ donovani}$.This disease is transmitted to

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Phlebotomus

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(A) Kala-azar, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is caused by the protozoan parasite $Leishmania 	ext{ donovani}$.This disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected female sandfly, which belongs to the genus $Phlebotomus$.$Glossina$ (tsetse fly) transmits sleeping sickness, $Pediculus$ (louse) transmits typhus, and $Aedes$ (mosquito) transmits diseases like dengue and chikungunya.

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