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प्रश्न
Write a brief account on the following disease:
Malaria
उत्तर
Malaria: This disease is caused by parasitic protozoa, Plasmodium. The disease is transmitted from one person to another by female anopheles mosquitoes. The symptoms are followed by high fever, temperature rises on alternate days. Sweating is followed by lowering of body temperature. Besides this patient feels headache, nausea and vomit.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
A mosquito is a vector for :
A disease caused due to Plasmodium
Write short (2-3 sentences) note on vector.
Write, in brief, about the following:
Fever
Which of the following statement are true (T) and which ones are false (F)? Mark T or F:
Malaria is a vector-borne disease.
Match Column I with that Which is Most Appropriate in Column II.
| Column I | Column II |
| (a) Mosquito | (i) DDT |
| (b) Plasmodium | (ii) Dengue |
| (c) Entamoeba histolytica | (iii) Vector |
| (d) Aedes mosquito | (iv) Malaria |
| (e) Insecticide | (v) Dysentery |
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