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7.Human Health and Disease
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‘Quartan fever' is caused by
A
P. vivax
B
P. malariae
C
P. falciparum
D
P. ovale
Solution
(b) Plasmodium malariae is the causitive organism of quartan malaria which is characterized by the recurrence of fever every fourth day as the duration of its erythrocytic cycle is $72$ hours.
Standard 12
Biology