MCQ
Plasmodium vivax causes
  • Benign tertian malaria
  • B
    Malignant fever
  • C
    Quartan fever
  • D
    Normal malaria

Answer

Correct option: A.
Benign tertian malaria
a

(a) 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.

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