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A toxic substance, responsible for the chills and high fever recurring every three to four days in malarial fever, is

A

interferon

B

haemozion

C

hirudin

D

colostrum

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In malaria, chils and shivers are cused by the relases of toxic substance haemozoin into the blood at the time of RBCs rupture, It is generally followed by fever.
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