What is malaria and how do you get it?

Answer 1

malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite (of the genus Plasmodium) and spread mostly by a particular mosquito (Anopheles). The saliva from the bite of the infected female mosquito infects the blood which carries the parasite to the liver where it matures.

The disease is common in tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and the Americas since these have a favorable environment for the mosquito; mortality rates in severe cases are about one in five. Estimated deaths approximate a million a year, most of which are children.

The disease is preventable and treatable through medication; preventative measures include mosquito control techniques.

Answer 2

Malaria is a parasite that lives in the blood and it is contracted as a result of the bite of a Mosquito who's saliva contains the parasite.

For the saliva of the mosquito to be contaminated the insect must have previously fed on the blood of a person infected by the parasite.

(See related link below for an explanation of the malaria life cycle.).