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13. If a stream or river stops flowing due to water scarcity, what disease may result from the stagnant water?
malaria
hunger
sickle cell anemia
lung cancer

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Pulei42
“Malaria and dengue are among the main dangers of stagnant water, which can become a breeding ground for the mosquitoes that transmit these diseases.”
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If a stream or river stops flowing due to water scarcity, the disease that will be caused by the stagnant water is malaria. The correct option is A.

What is malaria?

Malaria is a disease that is caused by a protist, called plasmodium. It has four species and all give malaria. It is transmitted by mosquitoes because plasmodium lives in mosquitoes.

Stagnant water is stored water in a place for a very long time. The water of a river or s stream is stopped by dams sometimes. This water is the home to many insects to lay their eggs, like, mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in water bodies or stop water, so they will lay their eggs in the stagnant water. It will increase the population of mosquitoes and with the increase in mosquitoes, there will be an increase in the cases of malaria.

Thus, the correct option is A. malaria.

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