MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Plasmodium falciparum is the type of malaria that most often causes severe and life-threatening malaria; this parasite is very common in many countries in Africa south of the Sahara desert. People who are heavily exposed to the bites of mosquitoes infected with P. falciparum are most at risk of dying from malaria.

Detailed explanation-2: -Malaria is transmitted to humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals for egg production, and these blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malaria parasites are transmitted to human hosts by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. A diverse group of Anopheles (30 to 40 species) serves as vectors of human disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consequently, Anopheles gambiae, the major vector in several African countries, is the most well studied mosquito, including its interaction with human and murine Plasmodium species that are considered causative agents of malaria (Moores 1953).

Detailed explanation-5: -Plasmodium falciparum (or P. falciparum) Plasmodium malariae (or P. malariae) Plasmodium vivax (or P. vivax) Plasmodium ovale (or P. ovale) Plasmodium knowlesi (or P. knowlesi)