Plasmodium falciparum is a parasitic protist that can be carried among host organisms by a mosquito.Infection generates anemia via a process of:

A)infecting the bone marrow of its hosts.
B)causing uncontrolled bleeding from tissues.
C)invading red blood cells and dividing within them.
D)mosquito-based feeding upon the blood during transmission.
E)anemia is not a symptom of Plasmodium infection.