Malaria is spread by the bite of which mosquito?

Female Anopheles

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Male Anopheles

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Culex

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Aedes

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Solution

The correct option is A Female Anopheles

Mosquito Vector Disease spread

Aedes Chikungunya, Dengue, Lymphatic filariasis Rift Valley fever, Yellow Fever, Zika

Anopheles Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria

Culex Japanese encephalitis, Lymphatic filariasis, West Nile fever

Malaria is spread by the bite of female Anopheles Mosquito.

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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?

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Mosquito Vector	Disease spread
Aedes	Chikungunya, Dengue, Lymphatic filariasis Rift Valley fever, Yellow Fever, Zika
Anopheles	Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria
Culex	Japanese encephalitis, Lymphatic filariasis, West Nile fever