QUESTION Why is it only the female anopheles mosquito alone can cause malaria but not the male anopheles mosquito or any other mosquitoes? ANSWER Malaria is actually caused by a single-celled parasite called Plasmodium—it is transmitted via the bite of a female mosquito, of the genus Anopheles, as she takes a blood meal from a human (or other mammal) host. Male mosquitoes do not … [Read more...]