Malaria is transmitted by the bite of a __________

Mosquito

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Mosquito

Malaria is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite - Plasmodium. It is transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. When a female mosquito sucks blood from a person suffering from malaria, the parasite enters her body, multiplies in number and seeks shelter in the mosquito's salivary glands. This makes the female mosquito infected and when she bites a healthy individual, she passes on the parasite into the bloodstream of the person via her saliva.

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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?

________ is a disease caused by a Plasmodium and transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

Question 3
Which one of the following disease is not transmitted by a mosquito?

(a) Brain fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Typhoid
(d) Dengue

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