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Malaria can be described as a disease which is caused by a parasitic organism. The Anopheles mosquito carries the parasite Plasmodium in it. When this mosquito bites a human being, the parasite gets transferred into the blood of the person causing malaria. Before entering the blood cells, the plasmodium travel to the liver where they get matured.
Malaria is a life-threatening disease which kills many humans each year, especially people living in underdeveloped countries.
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The correct answer is - As a person ages, scoliosis may develop resulting in an abnormal spinal curvature and shorter stature.
Explanation:
Scoliosis is a condition in which spine curvature towards the sides takes place before the puberty during growth period or spurt normally. The cause of this condition could be muscle dystrophy or palsy and similar condition.
This affects the stature of an individual but not affected by age as it remains constant normally after development or growth till puberty. All other conditions are associated with the short stature and influenced by the age.
The parasite can live<span> in the environment for many months and contaminate soil, water, fruits and vegetables, sandboxes, grass where animals graze for food, litter boxes, or any place where an infected cat may have defecated. </span>Toxoplasmosis<span> is an infection caused by a microscopic parasite called </span>Toxoplasma<span> gondii.</span>