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Plasmodium, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, causes malaria in tropical areas.
The protzoal parasite that causes Malaria are Plasmodium Vivax Plasmodium Falciparum Plasmodium Malariae Plasmodium Ovale It is an intracellular parasite that inhabits the Red Blood Cells and the liver. P. Falciparum cause Cerebral Malaria.
In the tropical areas they contacted malaria .
Mosquitoes are not infected with malaria until they bite someone with the disease. The mosquito is then infected with a parasite and goes on to infect others. Malaria is prevalent in tropical and sub tropical areas and is a major cause of death in third world countries.
Usually it is found in Africa, and in some countries that are in Asia.
Sickle cell is common in people from tropical areas where malaria is prevalent. Malaria can not survive on blood cells that are sickle shaped, so when populations were being killed off by malaria, those with sickle cell were surviving and passing on the sickle cell gene.
MALARIA
You can get Malaria near places that have a reputation of having a very high mosquito population. If u don't know why mosquitoes are involved with Malaria, that's because Malaria is a disease caused by a mosquito affected by Malaria. When one bites you, u get the disease.
Marshy areas are good places for mosquitoes to breed. Mosquito being the vector for malaria.
Malaria is a disease that is more active in areas of Africa and Asia. The origin of malaria is through the bite of a mosquito.
Malaria is most present throughout swampy, tropical areas, in which developing countries just happen to be a part of. Another reason is because wealthy countries have mainly kept the spread of malaria under control, virtually eliminating the disease within the nation (this is the same for other diseases, such as measles).
Malaria is transmitted inlarge areas of Central and South Americathe island of Hispaniola (includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic)AfricaAsia (including the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Middle East)Eastern Europeand the South Pacificand the boblands