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**Malaria** is caused by which protozoan?Read the answer and worked solution →

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**Malaria** is caused by which protozoan?

  1. *Entamoeba*
  2. *Plasmodium* (spread by female *Anopheles* mosquito)
  3. *Trypanosoma*
  4. *Leishmania*
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Correct answer: B. *Plasmodium* (spread by female *Anopheles* mosquito)

**Malaria:** *Plasmodium* spp. (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. knowlesi). **Vector:** female *Anopheles* mosquito. **Life cycle:** liver schizogony, then RBC schizogony causing periodic fevers. P. falciparum is the deadliest.

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