The Protozoan That Causes Malaria Is an Intracellular Parasite of Red

Multiple Choice

The protozoan that causes malaria is an intracellular parasite of red blood cells (RBCs) . An adaptive immune response to this parasite is problematic because

A) RBCs never enter lymphoid tissue.
B) complement cannot effectively destroy RBCs.
C) the parasite damages leukocytes along with RBCs.
D) red blood cells do not produce MHC and therefore do not display the fact that they have been infected by presenting antigen.
E) RBCs normally produce cytokines necessary for adaptive immune response, which this infection prevents.