Life: The Science of Biology
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ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 26.4, Problem 1R
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The role of female Anopheles mosquitoes in malaria transmission.
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Mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles transmit Plasmodium to humans. Malaria is caused by the apicomplexan Plasmodium that infects human red blood corpuscles (RBCs) and spends part of their life cycle inside them. Plasmodium alternates between two hosts: humans and female Anopheles mosquito.
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