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Female Anopheles mosquitoes spread the disease __ .

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Tha malarial parasite Plasmodium completes its life cycle in two hosts- man and female Anopheles mosquito. When this mosquito bites an infected person, the parasite enters the mosquito where it completes its sexual cycle. When this infected mosquito bites a healthy person, the parasite gets transmitted to the person via the saliva of the mosquito.

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