| The infection is initiated when plasmodia sporozoites are injected by female anopheles mosquito during a blood meal. |
| Among a dozen mosquito types in Milan, experts are keeping a close eye out for the anopheles mosquito which is capable of transmitting malaria. |
| Of the thousands of mosquito types, only the genus anopheles transmits malaria to humans. |
| Other mosquitoes may be there in abundance, but if no anopheles, there is no malaria. |
| Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium, a parasite transmitted through the bite of a female anopheles mosquito, leading to fever, pain and sweating. |
| If the body is stuck out nearly at right angles to the surface on which the insect is resting, it is an anopheles. |
