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how malaria is aquired​

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How is malaria transmitted? Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have been infected through a previous blood meal taken from an infected person.

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Malaria is caused by a parasite, not bacteria or viruses. The parasite is carried by certain mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.

Getting it once confers no immunity. If modern drugs get rid of the parasite, you can get it again if the type of mosquito that carries the parasite bites you and re-infects you. Believe it or not, sickle cell disease confers some protection against the parasite.