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People living near a pond infested with female Anopheles mosquitoes are more likely to get:
People living near a pond infested with female Anopheles mosquitoes are more likely to get:
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The correct option is B Malaria
- Malaria is a disease caused by a protozoan known as Plasmodium. This malarial parasite is found in the blood of an infected person.
- An uninfected female Anopheles mosquito feeds on an infected person. The mosquito becomes infected with the parasite and transmits it to the next person it bites.
- Malaria is thus transmitted from one person to another through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.
- Malaria is a disease caused by a protozoan known as Plasmodium. This malarial parasite is found in the blood of an infected person.
- An uninfected female Anopheles mosquito feeds on an infected person. The mosquito becomes infected with the parasite and transmits it to the next person it bites.
- Malaria is thus transmitted from one person to another through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.
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