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Which of the following diseases does not involve an arthropod vector?

schistosomiasis
malaria
Chagas disease
babesiosis

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Answer:

The correct answer is schistosomiasis.

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Schistosomiasis refers to a neglected tropical disease caused by the blood flukes in the genus Schistosoma, which are found locally in South America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The disease is caused by a fluke and is transmitted by snails not be an arthropod vector. The fluke moves all through the body in the bloodstream and chronically infests various tissues resulting in organ failure.

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