Sheela is a volunteer for the clean environment initiative and she went on the cleaning and filling up of potholes. Next day, she started feeling uneasy and was down with the fever and weakness. The lab report revealed that she is suffering from malaria. What is the causative agent for the infection?

Mosquito

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Protozoa

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Lack of sanitation

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Sheela's weak immune system

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Solution

The correct option is B Protozoa
Malaria is caused by the protozoan microbe known as Plasmodium. It needs a carrier to reach the organism like female mosquito and carry on with the infection. The mosquito acts as a vehicle and is known as a vector. The symptoms of malaria are fever, chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, muscle pain and fatigue.

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