Malaria is caused by the bite of _________.

Tsetse Fly

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Sand Fly

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Anopheles

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Housefly

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Solution

The correct option is C Anopheles

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Q7. Consider the following statements about Malaria:

1. Malaria is a life-threatening disease which is caused by mosquito bites.

2. Malaria is caused by plasmodium parasite and is transmitted in humans through the bite of Anopheles mosquito.

3. After an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites begin to multiply in the person’s liver.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Malaria is caused by a ________ .

Malaria is caused by a ___ which is a protozoan.

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