Question

A patient in a hospital has been diagnosed with malaria, which is a disease transmitted through mosquito bites. Jamie has an itchy, red bump where she was bitten by a mosquito. What happened to cause this skin reaction?
A)Venom from the mosquito entered her skin through the mosquito’s sharp, straw-like mouthpart.
B)Saliva from the mosquito entered her skin through the mosquito’s sharp, straw-like mouthpart.
C)Blood was drawn from her skin through the mosquito’s sharp, curved pincers.
D)Blood was drawn from her skin through a long, straw-like structure on the mosquito’s abdomen.

Answer 1

Thw answer is C. Saliva from the mosquito entered her skin though the mosquitos sharp straw-like mouth part. If you look at a mosquito it has a kind of straw mouth that helps it receive blood from the person. Mosquitos leave some type of subtance ( something like that) that creates an itchy red bump.

Answer 2

Answer:

C)Blood was drawn from her skin through the mosquito’s sharp, curved pincers.

Explanation: