Which statement is NOT true about malaria?

a. The disease is caused by an evolving
organism.
b. It is transmitted from person to person by
the bite of a mosquito.
c. Its mortality rate is linked to the allele for
Sickle Cell Anemia.
d. Its greatest mortality rate is in Africa.
e. The number of cases reported in North
America is rising


E

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