What is the carrier of malaria parasites?
Not all mosquitoes are carrier of malaria parasites. In the Philippines, only the adult female Anopheles mosquitoes that were infected with malaria parasites carry, transfer and infect people by biting. Before the mosquito becomes infected, the malaria parasites undergo through the phases of developmental stages inside the adult female mosquito. After all those stages, that’s the time where the mosquito becomes infective with malaria parasites. The Anopheles mosquitoes breed in clear water of slow flowing streams that are found in remote mountainous or forested areas. Also in areas of brackish water (brackish water is where salt and fresh water meet). The Anopheles mosquito bites during evening until dawn commonly in coastal areas where they multiply rapidly.
