Answer: drugs and alcohol.
- A drugs and alcohol
- B dietary vitamins
- C body proteins
- D trace minerals
Correct answer: A. drugs and alcohol
Explanation: Drug and alcohol abuse cause addiction and damage to organs.
The Plasmodium parasite needs both hosts: the female Anopheles mosquito injects sporozoites while biting (infecting the human liver and RBCs, causing the malaria fever cycle), then picks up gametocytes from an infected person's blood, completing the parasite's sexual stage inside the mosquito.
Concept context
Pathogens, infectious diseases, non-infectious diseases, drugs, cancer, and public health. High NEET importance.