How does the mosquito transmit malaria?
A – • The female Anopheles mosquito is responsible for Malaria transmission. • It transmits malaria from an infected person to an un-infected person. • It becomes infected when it feeds on human blood containing the sexual forms of the malaria parasite called gametocytes. • The parasite develops through some stages in its life cycle and then enters the salivary gland of the mosquito. The whole process in the mosquito takes from 7-20 days. • When the infected female anopheles mosquito bites a person, it injects some of its saliva in the blood. This saliva contains plasmodia sporozoites which can cause malaria in an un-infected person. Q – How long does it take between a mosquito bite and the development of Malaria? A – It could be as early as 8 days, or could be as late as 30 days after a bite depending on the specie of plasmodium (malaria parasite) that is transmitted. This period is known as the incubation period. I hope the answers above have helped you in your quest to learn all abo
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