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

dengue

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malaria

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polio

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measles

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Solution

The correct option is B 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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