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The British India played an important role in the history of malaria because it is where the causative agent was discovered in the mosquito
True
Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium vivax are species of plasmodia that were imported to the USA during the early immigration to the Americas from Europe
True
Algeria played an important role in the history of malaria because it is where the causative agent was discovered in the infected French soldiers blood.
True
The earliest written record of malaria symptoms can be traced back to the Roman empire thus malaria was dubbed "Roman Fever" and the word malaria mean ‘bad air'
False
What makes Plasmodium falciparum unique is that it causes malaria when the male mosquito takes a blood meal.
False
The mosquito directly passes the plasmodium from one person to another when it bites successive people within a night of feeding
False
Plasmodium falciprum is the species of plasmodia that was imported to the USA during the slave trade from the ports of West Africa.
True
Concerning Anopheles and malaria, The male and the female mosquito both have the potential to infect humans with malaria.
False
Infection with Plasmodiaum malariae causes the red blood corpuscles to be sticky and clog capillaries.
False
Plasmodium ovale is the species of plasmodia that was imported to the USA during the slave trade from the ports of West Africa.
False