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  • How do mosquitoes become infected with malaria?
    Mosquitoes become infected by feeding on the blood of a person already infected with malaria. The parasite then develops inside the mosquito
  • What is the name of the parasite that causes malaria?
    The parasite that causes malaria is called Plasmodium.
  • Where do the Plasmodium parasites reproduce within the human body?
    Plasmodium parasites first reproduce in the liver, and later in the red blood cells.
  • What diseases are caused by protozoa?
    malaria and others such as, amoebic dysentery, sleeping sickness, and toxoplasmosis.
  • How does the Plasmodium parasite affect the body?
    It infects Red blood cells
  • What are protozoa?
    Protozoa are single-celled organisms that can live in water, soil, or inside other organisms as parasites.
  • How is malaria primarily transmitted to humans
    Malaria is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito
  • How does malaria affect the red blood cells in the body?
    The malaria parasite infects and destroys red blood cells
  • Can malaria spread from person to person?
    No, malaria does not spread directly from person to person. It is spread by mosquitoes.
  • What are the common symptoms of malaria?
    Common symptoms of malaria include fever, chills, sweating, headache, muscle pain, and fatigue.
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