Malaria is caused by which organism?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Plasmodium
- Step 1: Malaria is a life-threatening protozoan infectious disease transmitted to humans through mosquito vectors.
- Step 2: The causative agents are intracellular apicomplexan protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium (e.g., P. falciparum, P. vivax).
Answer
Plasmodium.
Why not the others: 'Trypanosoma' causes African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease; 'Entamoeba' (E. histolytica) causes amoebic dysentery; 'Leishmania' causes visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis (kala-azar).
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