Malaria: Causes, Symptoms, Prevention and Life Cycle of Malaria

Ans. Malaria is spread by mosquito bites from infected Anopheles mosquitoes carrying the plasmodium parasite. Female Anopheles mosquitoes, also known as night-biting mosquitoes because they strike most frequently between dusk and dawn, transmit the plasmodium parasite. The spread and breeding of the malaria parasite's host, the anopheles mosquito, must be prevented or managed in human-populated areas in order to prevent the disease from spreading.

• Remove any standing water in the vicinity of your office or home.
• Mosquitoes carrying the Anopheles genus are more aggressive at dusk and dawn. As a consequence, try to remain indoors throughout these hours.
• If you really must go out at dusk or dawn, keep your visibility to a minimum by wearing full-coverage clothing.
• When going outside, use mosquito repellent creams with a high concentration of N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET).
• For vector protection, indoor residual spraying (IRS) with insecticides is also recommended.
• The World Health Organization recommends insecticide-treated mosquito nets for vector control.

Ans. We can, but not in a way that is realistic. For decades, an effective malaria vaccine made of irradiated sporozoites has been available. This vaccine offers relatively good and long-lasting immunity, but there is no realistic way to manufacture large amounts of it, as would be needed for any kind of useful vaccine. Other, more traditional methods have been studied since we know how to produce vast quantities of these vaccines. There has been some improvement, but traditional vaccines are not very successful in general. Malaria is much more complex than the viruses and bacteria that are the most common targets of vaccines; it has a large range of extremely sophisticated ways of blocking and evading host immunity, so it's very capable of handling all but the most broad and efficient immune responses.

Ans. Malaria can be healed in 24 hours and is 100 percent successful. Look up Jim Humble's discovery of the miracle mineral supplement (mms). Jim came across this discovery after contracting malaria while gold prospecting in the jungle. What he found by chance was truly incredible. He discovered that adding lime juice to water purification drops (the kind you buy at the store) improves their effectiveness. The liquid starts a gasification process, which releases oxygen ions into the body, decimating virulent viruses, pathogens, and other bacteria that are causing harm to the body. Since MMS cannot be patented, it has no real profit potential due to its low cost of production and the fact that everyone can produce it in their own kitchen. People also used it to treat malaria, aids, cancer, lymes disease, herpasitic viruses, and other maladies in the body, posing a major challenge to the medical establishment. All of the media outlets ran a huge misinformation campaign at the same time to scare people away from self-healing by telling them that they were drinking bleach, which is easily proved to be a lie by the fact that it isn't bleach. I took that years ago, and it helped a lot of people around me with their wellbeing. In my personal email exchanges with Jim over the years, I considered him to be one of the best humanitarians I've ever met. In other words, you don't need a malaria vaccine because all you need is some water purification drops from your grocery store, fresh squeezed lime juice, and some water to say goodbye to one of the world's leading killers.

Ans. Yes, at least 30 species of simian (monkey) malaria exist. Plasmodium knowlesi is a well-known monkey malaria found in Southeast Asia that is sometimes contracted by humans. In Brazil, P. simium spreads from monkeys to humans. From monkeys to the Yanomamo people of Brazil, P. brasilianum has spread. In mice, P. berghei, P. yoelii, and P. chabaudi cause malaria. Malaria affects birds as well. Plasmodium relictum causes the majority of avian malaria worldwide. Other types of avian malaria, such as those found in ducks, have a negative impact on the poultry industry. Blood parasites of the genus Haemoproteus also cause avian malaria. More than 90 Plasmodium species cause malaria in reptiles, including snakes and, to a lesser degree, lizards. Malaria (Plasmodium bufonis) has been recorded in amphibians such as toads (Bufo), but some authorities are suspicious and are still investigating the reports.

Ans. Malaria is spread to humans by female mosquitos of the Anopheles genus. Female mosquitoes need blood meals to carry out egg development, and these blood meals are the parasite life cycle's connection between the human and mosquito hosts. Several factors influence the malaria parasite's ability to evolve in the mosquito. The humidity and temperature with in region, and also some whether or not the Anopheles lives long enough if the parasite to complete its cycle and in mosquito host, are perhaps the most significant considerations. The mosquito host, unlike the human host, does not significantly suffer from the parasite's presence. Except for Antarctica, anophelines can be found all over the world. Depending on the area and climate, various Anopheles species transmit malaria. Malaria-transmitting anophelines can be present not only in malaria-endemic areas, but also in areas where the disease has been eradicated. As a result, the latter areas are still at risk of disease reintroduction.

Ans. It depends on what you mean by a person's 'having it from.' Human malaria is caused by five different Plasmodium parasite strains. Four of them (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae) are only found in humans and have no animal reservoirs. P. knowlesi, which is found mainly in Southeast Asia, infects primates. So, because you are infected with P. knowlesi, the parasite came from another person's infection, and you might claim you "borrowed" it from them in some way. However, the idea of 'having it' from others implies direct dissemination routes such as airborne spread or contamination of bodily fluids. Plasmodium parasites are transmitted indirectly by mosquito vectors, specifically Anopheles species. Only a female Anopheles mosquito bites an infected individual, gets the infection, survives long enough for it to reach her salivary glands (11–17 days), and then bites you. So, in common parlance, most of us will tell you ‘got it' from the mosquito rather than from the human. There have been isolated cases of transmission of infected blood transfusions, which would be the only way to escape the mosquito phase in the transmission cycle, as Shabba de Leon pointed out. However, malaria parasites are not transmitted directly from person to person, and you are not at risk of catching the disease simply by spending time with another person - unless an Anopheles mosquito is involved, which takes a few weeks and isn't guaranteed.