Question

1 multiple choice 1 point how do humans get malaria? from a mosquito passing a parasite to a human humans pass malaria to each other through saliva humans pass malaria to each other through the air from a mosquito passing a virus to a human 2 multiple choice 1 point how many people die from malaria each year? 100,000,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000

Explanation:

1. Malaria is caused by a Plasmodium parasite, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito, which injects the parasite into the human bloodstream via its saliva. It is not spread between humans directly via saliva/air, nor is it a virus.
2. According to global health data, approximately 400,000 people died from malaria annually in recent years, with the closest accurate option from the choices being 100,000 (as the higher options are significantly overestimated, and this is the closest valid figure among the given selections).

Answer:

1. from a mosquito passing a parasite to a human
2. 100,000