Malaria is caused by: (A) bacterial infection (B) viral infection (C) parasitic infection (D) fungal infection

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Answer: C

Explanation: Malaria is a parasitic infection spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. The Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria is a single-celled parasite that multiplies in red blood cells of humans as well as in the mosquito intestine. 

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