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Mosquito acts as the vector for the transmission of malaria.

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Malaria is caused by a protozoa, Plasmodium. Microbes are transmitted through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Upon entering the human body, they attack the liver. Then infect the RBCs.

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