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​Carrier of malaria-causing protozoa is:​
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Carrier of malaria-causing protozoa is:

A.

Female Anopheles mosquito

B.

Cockroach

C.

Housefly

D.

Butterfly

Correct option is A

The correct answer is Female anopheles mosquito.

About Malaria:

  • Malaria spreads only by the disease-carrying mosquitoes.
  • The vector of malaria is the female anopheles mosquito.
  • Malaria spreads only when a female mosquito that has bitten a malaria patient bites another person.
  • A blood test is done to check if a person has malaria or not.
  • People with malaria get a fever with chills, sweating, headache, nausea and rigours.
  • Malaria is caused by protozoan Plasmodium.
  • In early times, the dried and powdered bark of the Cinchona tree was used to make medicine for malaria.
  • Earlier people used to boil the bark powder and strain the water which was given to patients.
  • Now tablets are made from this in the form of quinine, chloroquine is given to patients.

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