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Question
Carrier of malaria-causing protozoan is ___________.
Options
female anopheles mosquito
cockroach
housefly
butterfly
Solution
Carrier of malaria-causing protozoan is female anopheles mosquito.
Explanation:
Malaria's carrier parasite is the female anopheles mosquito. When a mosquito bites a healthy individual, it transmits the infective stage of the malaria parasite into his blood, infecting him and causing malaria symptoms to appear within a short period of time.
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