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Which is the carrier of malaria parasites?


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Malaria parasite:

  1. Plasmodium parasites are parasitic micro-organisms that cause malaria.
  2. Plasmodium is a bloodsucking genus with over 100 species that can spread the disease to a wide range of animals, including reptiles, birds, as well as mammals.
  3. female anopheles is the carrier of malaria parasites
  4. Female mosquitoes of the taxon Anopheles transfer malaria to humans.
  5. Female mosquitoes need blood to produce eggs, and these blood meals are the parasitic organism life cycle's link between both the human and mosquito hosts.

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