Question

Name the drug used to cure malaria.

Answer 1

Malaria:

1. Malaria, a well known common disease is caused by the genus of Plasmodium parasites.
2. Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax.
3. The parasite completes its life cycle in mosquitoes and humans.
4. The disease is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito to uninfected humans by biting.
5. Antimalarial drugs like chloroquine are used to cure malaria.