How is Monkey Fever transmitted?

How is Monkey Fever transmitted?

• A. Mosquito bite from humans.
• B. Direct inhalation of aerosols from water.
• C. Direct contact with infected tissue.
• D. Tick bite from monkeys to humans.

Answer: (D)

Transmission occurs through a tick that has fed on an infected monkey and then bites a human. This makes Monkey Fever a vector-borne zoonosis, where the tick serves as the bridge transferring the pathogen from wildlife hosts to people. The other routes—mosquito bites from humans, inhalation of aerosols from water, or direct contact with infected tissue—do not fit how this disease is transmitted, so they are not the correct mechanism in this context.

Transmission occurs through a tick that has fed on an infected monkey and then bites a human. This makes Monkey Fever a vector-borne zoonosis, where the tick serves as the bridge transferring the pathogen from wildlife hosts to people. The other routes—mosquito bites from humans, inhalation of aerosols from water, or direct contact with infected tissue—do not fit how this disease is transmitted, so they are not the correct mechanism in this context.