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| Is malaria caused by a virus, bacteria or vector? |
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| The vector, the female mosquito, carries Plasmodium, a protist. |
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| How many people die due to malaria each year? |
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| How many people are affected by malaira each year? |
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| Malaria is limited to the ... |
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| ...tropical regions, where the vector mosquito, Anopheles, can survive. |
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| 90% of those with malaria live in... |
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| Is Plasmodium eukaryotic? |
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| What are the different species in the genus 'Plasmodium' that can cause malaria? |
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| Plasmodium falciparum, P.vivax, P.ovale and P.malariae. |
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| What species of mosquito acts as the vector for malaria? |
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| The female Anopheles mosquito. |
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| How are the mosquitoes specialised to drink blood? |
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| They have mouthparts that are adapted as a fine tube or proboscis |
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| Malarial parasites live in teh red blood cell of the human host and feed on the... |
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| If teh host already has malaria, the mosquito will suck the parasite gametes into its... |
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