the apicomplexan plasmodium causes malaria. Its life cycle involves it infecting mosquitos, who then bite and infect people. It propagates itself since when a non-infected mosquito bites a malaria infected person, it gets the disease as well. Recent studies have sghown that infected people emit a scent of some sort that attracts mosquitos. The plasmodium doesn’t negatively affect the mosquito. What’s your protist question?
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the apicomplexan plasmodium causes malaria. Its life cycle involves it infecting mosquitos, who then bite and infect people. It propagates itself since when a non-infected mosquito bites a malaria infected person, it gets the disease as well. Recent studies have sghown that infected people emit a scent of some sort that attracts mosquitos. The plasmodium doesn’t negatively affect the mosquito. What’s your protist question?