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How does the transmission of malaria and pneumonia take place?

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Transmission of Malaria:-

Malaria is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by the malarial parasite (plasmodium).

The infective stage of plasmodium is a minute organism called sporozoite. When the mosquito bites man, sporozoites present in the salivary gland of female Anopheles mosquito are injected into the blood of the man.

Transmission of Pneumonia:-

The disease spreads by sputum of the patient. Incubation period is just 1-3 days.



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