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Question
The disease caused by a protozoan and spread by an insect is ______.
Options
dengue
malaria
polio
measles
Solution
malaria
Explanation -
Malaria is the disease which is caused by the spread of a protozoan, i.e. Plasmodium.
It is spread in healthy individuals by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito carrying this Plasmodium in their mouth (saliva).
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