IMMUNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -How is malaria transmitted? Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have been infected through a previous blood meal taken from an infected person.

Detailed explanation-2: -Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. People who have malaria usually feel very sick with a high fever and shaking chills. While the disease is uncommon in temperate climates, malaria is still common in tropical and subtropical countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The female mosquito needs a blood diet to produce eggs. Therefore, these mosquitoes pickup the parasites from an infected individual when they bite them to obtain blood proteins. The male mosquitoes do not spread malaria as they don’t need these proteins.