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what is the immediate and contributory cause for malaria

Malaria is caused by the infected female anopheles mosquito.When the mosquito bite the human body, the protozoa is tranferred into the human body through blood.After three or four days, the protozoa is multiplied infecting the human body with malaria.
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The mosquitoes that carry Plasmodium parasite get it from biting a person or animal that's already been infected. The parasite then goes through various changes that enable it to infect the next creature the mosquito bites. Once it's in you, it multiplies in the liver and changes again, getting ready to infect the next mosquito that bites you. It then enters the bloodstream and invades red blood cells. Eventually, the infected red blood cells burst. This sends the parasites throughout the body and causes symptoms of malaria.
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