Question

    What is the main vector responsible for malaria

    transmission?
    A Anopheles mosquitoes Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Aedes mosquitoes Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Culex mosquitoes Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Tsetse flies Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus are the vectors of the Plasmodium species, the causative agents of malarial disease. More than 400 species of the Anopheles mosquito have been described and approximately 70 these species are potential vectors of malaria that affect humans (Sinka et al.)

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