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Female Anopheles mosquito is a carrier o...

Female Anopheles mosquito is a carrier of a pathogen that causes

A

malaria

B

cholera

C

sleeping sickness

D

kala azar.

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A
Malaria is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium. Malarial parasite is carried from the infected to the healthy persons by the female Anopheles mosquito.
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