Plasmodium falciparum is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the most dangerous form of malaria, falciparum malaria. (IMAGE)

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Plasmodium falciparum is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the most dangerous form of malaria, falciparum malaria.

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An anopheles mosquito, which transmits the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum to humans

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