Answer: female Anopheles mosquito.
- A female Anopheles mosquito
- B the common housefly
- C the wingless cockroach
- D the common field rat
Correct answer: A. female Anopheles mosquito
Explanation: The female Anopheles mosquito spreads malaria.
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.