Question

Female Anopheles spreads _______.

Answer 1

Female Anopheles:

1. This mosquito is the vector of the disease malaria.
2. The disease-causing parasite Plasmodium sp. is the causal agent of malaria.
3. The parasite lives in the salivary glands of the mosquito and is transmitted to humans during the mosquito’s blood meals.
4. The bite of the female Anopheles transfers the parasite into the bloodstream of the human it bites.
5. Plasmodium sp. reduces the oxygen-binding capacity of the red blood cells and the person eventually dies from extreme malarial fever.