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The disease caused by a protozoan and spread by an insect is known as ______ .

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malaria
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dengue
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measles
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polio
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Solution

The correct option is A malaria

Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. It is an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite which invades the red blood cells and is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.

Dengue is caused by dengue virus.

Polio is caused by the poliovirus.

Measles is caused by rubeola virus.


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