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Write note on plasmodium​

Answer 1

Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protozoans that fall under the family Apicomplexa, the class Aconoidasida and the sporozoan subclass Coccidia. Plasmodium is known to infect the red blood cells in mammals like humans, birds, reptiles and so on. P. knowlesi is the species of plasmodium that causes the infectious disease known as Malaria. Malaria occurs when the infected female Anopheles mosquito bites human beings or any other mammal. Some other species of plasmodium known to spread Malaria are P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi. The plasmodium parasite displays a complex life cycle as it uses an insect (mosquito) as a catalyst to carry and transmit the disease.

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Answer 2

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Communicable diseases spread through air, water, food, by physical contact and by insects.

Communicable diseases spread through air, water, food, by physical contact and by insects. Insects like mosquitoes spread many diseases. The female Anopheles mosquito carries the parasite of plasmodium (protozoan) which causes malaria.

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