Malaria is a disease caused by a type of mosquito. If a single part of the body of a mosquito can be targeted by us to prevent the spread of Malaria, which part will it be?

Antennae

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Wings

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Feet

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Eye

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Solution

The correct option is A Antennae
Mosquito sense us by their antennae. Malaria is spread by mosquitoes when they bite an infected person and go on to bite a healthy person.
So, their antennae can be targeted and destroyed so that they don't sense and bite any person.

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