Malaria and Kala Azar are caused by:

The correct answer is protozoa.

• Malaria and Kala Azar are caused by protozoa.
• Protozoa is a group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms.

Important Points

• The protozoa causing malaria is Plasmodium.
  • Malaria disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
  • This will leads to the destruction of Red blood cells and hence the deficiency of blood occurs.
  • The treatment of malaria id done by using medicines like chloroquine, quinine,peludrine etc.
• The protozoa causing Kala Azar is Leishmania donovani.
  • Kala Azar disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected sandfly.

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