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Question

Keeping pigs away from the human habitat is helpful in eradication of:

  1. Malaria
  2. Japanese encephalitis
  3. Elephantiasis
  4. Polio

Answer:

Option B: Japanese encephalitis

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Japanese encephalitis”.

Keeping pigs away from human habitats can be helpful in the eradication of Japanese encephalitis. Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito-borne viral infection, and pigs are amplifying hosts for the virus.