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Relapsing fever is transmitted by -

A
Hard tick
B
Sandfly
C
Soft tick
D
Tsetse fly
High-Yield Explanation
Relapsing fever is transmitted by soft tick. Ornithodorus moubata is the soft tick that transmits relapsing fever. These ticks lack scutum. They have 5 nymphal stages. Other diseases transmitted by soft tick are KFD and Q fever. Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 25th Edition, Pg

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