Did mosquitoes produce malaria? If not then how did malaria evolve?

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Mosquitoes does not cause malaria. Malaria is caused by a protozoan name Plasmodium. Mosquitoes only act as vectors and transmit Plasmodium form infected person to healthy person through biting.

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