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Name the carrier which requires a blood meal in order to obtain nutrients for laying eggs.


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  1. Carrier: It is the organism that transmits the pathogen from an infected person to a healthy person.
  2. The carrier that requires a blood meal in order to obtain nutrients for laying eggs is the female Anopheles mosquito.
  3. It is the mosquito that is the carrier of the Malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium sp.

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