Malaria is one of the most common parasitic diseases in the world. It is caused by a protist from the genus Plasmodium and is carried by mosquitoes. When a mosquito carrying this protist punctures a human's skin, it releases sporozoite into the human. The effects on the human's internal environment are shown below.
How does malaria affect the internal environment of the human body?
A.
It causes the skin to undergo an inflammatory response.
B.
It causes the reproductive system to stop functioning.
C.
It destroys red blood cells.
D.
It causes the liver to stop functioning.
In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. The most common symptoms of malaria including fever, are caused when the parasites invade red blood cells (erythrocytes) and rupture.
