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1 The human body
Challenge
3 Malaria is a serious disease that kills millions of people around the world each year.
The table shows the number of malaria cases reported at a clinic in Indonesia in
one year.
Indonesia has a warm tropical climate with a
dry season from April to October, and a wet
monsoon season from November to March.
Number of malaria
Months of the year cases reported
780
January to March
April to June 120
July to September 79
October to December 326
a How is malaria caused?
b Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria. What does this mean?
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