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malaria is caused by the microscopic single -celled protozoan called Plasmodium , and is the deadliest organism on the planet. When a person with active malaria is bitten by the Anopheles mosquito, the mosquito injests the Plasmodium larvae with the blood meal. The larvae travel to the midgut of the mosquito, where they change form. When the mosquito bites UNinfected person, the plasmodium is injected into their bloodstream through the mosquito's saliva. The larvae are in the person's bloodstream , and transform again. Next they invade the blood cells, where they multiply over and over, bursting the blood cells and spreading even more larvae into the blood stream. The infection causes high fevers, and severe anemia, possibly leading to death. Another mosquito bites this person and spreads it to yet a third person.
( i think I left out a side-trip into the human liver somewhere, but you get the idea!)
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What mosquitoes cause Malaria?
People are infected by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
How does Malaria affect people's social lives?
when people are infected with malaria, it makes them so sick that they have to stay in bed which makes it easier for mosquitoes to come and sting them. the infected mosquitoes can then infect other people.
How does a mosqito get malaria?
Mosquitoes pick up the malaria parasite (Plasmodium) from the blood of infected people when it bites them, it can then transmit the parasite to other people.
Relationship between malaria and mosquitoes?
Some misquitoes in parts of the world give people malaria. ________________________________________________________________________ mainly, you catch malaria from mosquitos that have been infected. they are infected by laying eggs and being born out of dirty water
How is malaria contracted?
Malaria is usually contracted from an infected mosquito
Is malaria is an airborne disease?
no, malaria is caused by an infected mosquito biting a human or animal
How does one become infected with malaria?
mosquito's
How do you get maliria?
It is transited to people, by mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite. It's specifically and solely, the Anopheles mosquito.
Is malaria only spread through mosqitoes?
Malaria normally spreads by bite of infected mosquitoes. Rarely the disease is transmitted by transfusion of infected blood.
Is typhoid fever related to malaria?
No. Not at all. Malaria is a parasitic infection from mosquitoes. You can treat malaria by anti-malaria drugs. There is no vaccine. Typhoid fever is caused by a bacteria. People infected by this bacteria can spread it to other people who contaminate food or water. There is a typhoid vaccine and the infection can be treated with antibiotics.
How long does it take a child to die of Malaria?
Infants infected with malaria do not survive to age 1
How human gets malaria?
Human gets malaria after bite of the infected female anopheles mosquito.
