Female Anopheles mosquito is a carrier of a pathogen that causes

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Female Anopheles mosquitoes carry the pathogen that causes malaria.

Female Anopheles mosquitoes act as vectors as they carry the disease-causing malaria protozoan, Plasmodium sp. from a diseased person to a healthy person.

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The carrier of malaria-causing protozoan is :

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