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malaria is caused by a parasite in the plasmodium family. Without going into too much detail the mosquito takes what amounts to eggs from an infected person those mature partially in the mosquito. Those are then passed to everyone that infected mosquito bites.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoFemale anopheles mosquito needs haemoglobin for her oogenesis or ovulation. So it need to suck blood from the animals, including humans. When it suck blood from the patent of malaria, gets infected with malaria parasite. It remains infected through out the life span of say six months. When this mosquito bites the healthy person, it injects the saliva to give local anaesthesia to that person. During this injection, the malaria parasites are transmitted into the body of the victim.
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∙ 9y agoWhen the female anopheles mosquito bites the patient of malaria, it gets infected with the parasite. Then it transmits the infection to next persons, it bites, through out the life span of about six months.
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∙ 15y agoNot all mosquito species are able to spread malaria. Some mosquito species belonging to the genus Anopheles are able to spread the parasite that causes malaria.
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∙ 8y agoFemale Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria.
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∙ 12y agoYes, malaria is carried by mosquitoes.
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How is the mosquito involved in the transmission of malaria?
A particular type of mosquito is a carrier of the protozoa that cause the disease and when they bite, they transmit those micro-organisms to the person bitten. See more about the protozoa that cause malaria in the related question below.
Which insect transmits malaria?
A mosquito, every 30 seconds kids in parts of Africa get malaria. if they had bed nets ( nets that go over beds), they would be safer. The female Anopheles mosquito is the vector for the malarial parasite.
What is the name of dengue mosquito?
Anopheles genus-and only females of those species-can transmit malaria.
Which insect spread malaria?
A female anopheles mosquito spreads malaria.
Identify the vector that aids in the transmission of malaria?
Infected female Anopheles mosquitos
What percentage of mosquitoes carry malaria?
There are approximately 460 mosquito species. Of these over 100 can transmit human malaria. Of these 30-40 commonly transmit parasites which cause malaria in humans in areas where it is most prevalent. The single most common carrier is "Anopheles gambiae" which carries the most dangerous malaria parasite species - "Plasmodium falciparum".
How are malaria and dengue spread?
Mosquito is a vector for both the diseases. Anopheles mosquito spreads the malaria and culex mosquito spreads the dengue fever.
What mosquitoes cause Malaria?
People are infected by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.
When can you get malaria?
Malaria is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito
What is the difference between culex and anopheles mosquito?
culex mosquito spread malaria in sparrow but anopheles mosquito spread malaria in human beings.
When drross suggested that the anopheles mosquito spread malaria this was a?
When dross suggested that the anopheles mosquito spread malaria, this was an invention.
What is an anopheles?
An anopheles is a member of the Anopheles genus of mosquito, which carries the parasite which causes malaria.
