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Write true or false. Correct the false statements.
(ii) Malaria is caused by bacteria.

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Answer: False.
Correct statement
Malaria is caused by a protozoan.

The pathogen Plasmodium vivax is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.

It affects the liver, red blood cells, and in severe cases, the brain and the lungs too

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