Human Health And Disease Question 187
Question: Plasmodium vivax causes
Options:
A) Benign tertian malaria
B) Malignant fever
C) Quartan fever
D) Normal malaria
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Tertian, benign tertian or vivax malaria is caused by Plasmodium vivax and is characterized by recurrence of fever every third day i.e.
after 48 hours.
This type of malaria does not result in death of the patient and incidence of this disease is worldwide mainly in temperate regions.
BETA
