How is malaria spread?

Trevor
19/01/2013

This is not a medical FAQ database so I can only give a general answer.  Seek professional advice if this simple answer does not answer your question.

 

Malaria is spread by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito.  These mosquitos almost exclusively bite at dusk and during the night.  Daytime mosquitoes are usually not carriers of malaria.  Note: out of the 380 species of Anopheline mosquito, only 60 can transmit malaria.

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