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Is malaria a blood borne pathogen?

November 18, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: Is malaria a bloodborne pathogen? Answer: Yes.  Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium (there are five species which infect humans, being Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi), introduced into the human blood stream through the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito. To learn more about how the malaria parasite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Malaria transmission, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

What is the Malaria Parasite?

November 14, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: What is the malaria parasite? Answer: Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium; there are five species which infect humans, being Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. All these species are introduced into the human blood stream through the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Malaria transmission, mosquito, P. knowlesi, P. malariae, P. ovale, P.vivax, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum

What is the cause of malaria?

November 1, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the cause of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of  female anopheles mosquitoes.  Please read more information on our website: Malaria Symptoms and Causes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, cause of malaria, mosquitoes, Plasmodium

Anopheles Mosquitoes and Malaria Transmission

October 4, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How are the Anopheles mosquitoes able to transmit human Malaria and others are not? What makes them different from the other genus of mosquito? ANSWER This is a great question and in fact scientists are not really sure of the answer. The ability of female Anopheles to transmit malaria is a quirk of evolutionary history. Other species of Plasmodium (the Latin genus name of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Malaria transmission, Plasmodium

Is Malaria Transmitted by Female Mosquitoes?

August 20, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is malaria caused by only female mosquitoes? ANSWER Malaria is only transmitted by female mosquitoes, yes. This is because only female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (the genus that transmits malaria in mammals, including humans) feed on blood, and the parasite that causes malaria (called Plasmodium) spends part of its life cycle in the blood. Therefore, when a female mosquito … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood meal, causes of malaria, malaria parasite, Malaria transmission, mosquitoes, Plasmodium

Causes of Malaria

July 24, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the causes of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Five species infect humans: P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. Learn more about the causes of malaria." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: causes of malaria, P. falciparum, P. knowlesi, P. malariae, P. ovale, P.vivax, parasite, Plasmodium

Malaria Parasite

June 8, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Which parasite transmits malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bite of an infected mosquito. The parasite passes into the blood of the human patient when the mosquito bites, via its saliva. There are five species of Plasmodium which normally infect humans: P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. vivax and P. knowlesi.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

Discovery of Malaria

June 7, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Who was the discoverer of malaria? ANSWER Malaria has been known to humans since ancient times, though what exactly caused it and how it was transmitted was not known. The parasite which causes malaria, from the genus Plasmodium, was first observed in the blood of a patient who had died from the disease by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French physician working in Algeria. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, mosquito, Nobel Prize, Plasmodium, Ronald Ross, transmission

Classification of Malaria Parasite

June 5, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the classification of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a single celled protist of the genus Plasmodium. This genus is part of a Phylum of single-celled protist organisms called Apicomplexa. The Apicomplexans mostly posses an organ called an apicoplast, which is part of an apical structure designed to aid entry into a host cell. The Apicomplexa is split into two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Aconoidasida, Apicomplexa, apicoplast, classification, Haemosporidia, life history, Plasmodiidae, Plasmodium, protista, protists, red blood cells, taxonomy

Malaria Hosts

June 5, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Which are malaria hosts and how does malaria have an effect on one of them? ANSWER The parasite which causes malaria (called Plasmodium) requires two different hosts—a vertebrate intermediate host, such as a human, and an insect definitive host, also known as the vector. For the types of malaria which infect humans and other mammals, the vector is always a mosquito of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, behavior, birds, blood meal, host effect, immunity, infectious dose, Macaques, Malaria transmission, mammals, mosquitoes, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, reptiles, sickness, susceptibility, symptoms

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