Cerebral malaria is caused by what species of plasmodium protozoan?
a) P. malariae
b) P. vivax
c) P. ovale
d) P. falciparum
Answer: d) P. falciparum (Plasmodium falciparum)
Explanation: Cerebral malaria is blood vessels are blocked by the plasmodium falciparum due to which they cause hypoxia and sometimes leads to coma and death also. Therefore the protozoan which cause cerebral malaria is plasmodium falciparum.
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