Question

The malarial parasite 'Plasmodium' is carried only by female Anopheles mosquito and not by the male mosquito because:

• A. The female requires blood to produce eggs
• B. Plasmodium cannot survive in the male
• C. Male mosquitos repel the Plasmodium
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A

The female requires blood to produce eggs

Only certain species of mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus and only females of those species can transmit malaria. Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasite called Plasmodium. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasite Plasmodium from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs.