Aestivo-autumnal fever is malaria caused by _________.

Plasmodium ovale

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P. malariae

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P. vivax

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P. falciparum

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Solution

The correct option is B P. falciparum
It is observed that malignant malaria was caused only by the parasite species Plasmodium falciparum.

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Read the following statements (A - D) and select the true (T) and false (F) ones regarding malaria.

A. Plasmodium vivax causes benign tertian malaria

B. Plasmodium falciparum causes malignant tertian malaria

C. Recurrence of fever happens after 24 hours in case of infection by Plasmodium malariae

D. Sir Ronald Ross is the one who discovered Plasmodium

P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale and P. malariae are the four species responsible for malaria.

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