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Name the causitve organisms ( pathogens ) and carrier of diseases
(a) malaria
(b) dengue fever

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(a) Plasmodiu
Infectious agent of malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus. Four species of Plasmodium can infect humans

(b) Dengue fever is among the most common mosquito-borne virus infections. Causative agentof the disease is the Dengue virus, of which four different types are known. The virus cannot be transmitted from human to human

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