Question

select the correct answer
jesse spends a month in a tropical country where malaria is common he is frequently bitten by mosquitos. after returning home to vermont, he develops the symptoms of malaria, including fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches which mode of disease transmission could have spread the malaria parasite to jesse?
a. fomite
b. direct contact
c. vector
d. oral

Explanation:

Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, which act as vectors—organisms that carry and transmit pathogens from one host to another. Fomite (inanimate object), direct contact, and oral transmission do not apply here.

Answer:

C. vector