Question

How do malaria and dengue spread?

Answer 1

Malaria:

1. Malaria is caused by a protozoan called a malarial parasite.
2. It spreads by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito which carries the malarial parasite in its salivary glands. When a mosquito bites a healthy person, the malarial parasites get transferred to the blood of a healthy person and cause malaria.
3. Symptoms include high fever with chills and sweating, weakness etc.

Dengue:

1. Dengue is a communicable disease caused by the bite of female Aedes mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus.
2. Symptoms of dengue include high fever, severe headache, pain in muscles and joints as well as a fall in blood platelet count.