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Anopheles mosquito is the vector of the malarial parasite which is called ___ .

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Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. The Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria is neither a virus nor a bacterium. It is a single-celled parasite that multiplies in red blood cells of humans as well as in the mosquito's intestine.

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