Question

Choose the correct reason as to why the malarial parasite 'Plasmodium' is carried only by female anopheles mosquito and not by the male mosquito.

• A. The female requires blood proteins to produce eggs.
• B. Plasmodium cannot survive longer inside a female mosquito.
• C. Plasmodium kills male mosquitos.
• D. Female mosquitoes are stronger than male mosquitoes.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

The female requires blood proteins to produce eggs.

The female Anopheles mosquitoes carry the disease causig parasite called 'Plasmodium' which causes malaria. The female mosquito needs a blood diet to produce eggs. Therefore, these mosquitoes pickup the parasites from an infected individual when they bite them to obtain blood proteins. The male mosquitoes do not spread malaria as they don't need these proteins.