Which of the following diseases spreads through mosquitoes?
A
Malaria
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B
Blood cancer
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C
Sickle cell anaemia
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D
lnfluenza
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Solution
The correct option is A Malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans belonging to the genus Plasmodium. The disease is transmitted most commonly by an infected female anopheles mosquito. The mosquito bite introduces the parasites from the mosquito's saliva into a person's blood. The parasites travel to the liver where they get mature and reproduce.