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Malaria is caused by a parasite called plasmodium, which is transmitted via bites of infected mosquitoes. If the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver and then infect red blood cells. Symptoms of malaria include fever, headache and vomiting, and usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the mosquito bite. If not treated, malaria can quickly become life-threatening by disrupting the blood supply to vital organs. In many parts of the world the parasites have developed resistance to a number of malaria medicines. Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin- based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes.

Which one of the following is responsible for causing malaria?

A) Bacteria            

B) Virus

C) Plasmodium

D) All of these

E) None of these