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It's in the "spit" of the mosquito. malaria is caused in an infectious protozoa. It's a nasty bug that does not affect the vector (the mosquito), but "hangs out" in the insect and is injected into the wound when the mosquito bites. The mosquito drinks blood, as you know, but it injects an anticoagulant into a bite to insure good "blood flow" to enable it to dine. And the unfortunate individual who is bitten is infected in the process. A link can be found below.
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∙ 9y agoMalaria parasite lives in your liver. The plasmodium vivax can live in your liver for years together. They are called aptly as 'Hypnozoites' in that case. One US citizen developed malaria after twenty years of leaving the malaria zone. The plasmodium falciparum can not live in the liver like that. They say that either you or we will survive. But then, when the patient dies, the parasites are also are killed. They are foolish parasites. Wise parasites do not kill the host!
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∙ 12y agoMosquitoes get the protozoa that cause malaria from animals they bite that are infected with the protozoa.
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How many years can you live with malaria?
You can live for a few weeks if your malaria is not treated, If you know about your malaria and treat it well, you may not die with the disease!
Where do red macaws live?
They live in malaria and underwater
How do you explain about malaria?
Anopheles mosquito carries the parasite of malaria. When they bite human beings these parasites enter into their body cause malaria.
Why is it beneficial to have Sickle cell anemia if you live in Africa?
In Africa, malaria is a common disease. It attacks healthy blood cells and uses them to travel throughout the body. However, if one has sickle-shaped blood cells, this makes it harder for the malaria to attach and travel through the body.
What is malaria fever?
wher the pulses in body
What is the system of the body affection of malaria?
liver
Can a person who had Malaria in the past and survived still spread malaria to mosquitos today even though they were treated for the malaria?
yes you the sicknes stayes in you body
Is malaria a physical disease?
Malaria is a disease that is physically present in the body in the form of protists, a type of microorganism.
Which part of the body is damaged by Malaria?
Malaria does not damage any specific part of your body. But is cases haemolytic anaemia. Liver and spleen enlargement. Due to bouts of fever, patient becomes debilitated. He can die of falciparum malaria.
Which part of body get effected by Malaria?
inside the liver
What particular system of the body is affected by Malaria?
liver
How is malaria passed by humans?
Malaria is spread from mosquitos and does not transfer from human to human. You can live with someone who has had malaria and not be in any danger. Once a person has malaria they can not give blood and it stays in the body. My dad contacted malaria in WW2 while fighting in the Pacific. He would have symptoms every so often when he was younger, but it got less as he aged. The US military sprayed GI's with DDT to prevent the disease, but most likely that may have caused cancers in later years.
