INTRODUCTION
Most of us who are very familiar with vampire movies can tell how Frightening a bite could be, talk more of reality. A mosquito bite can be painful up to the extent it would make you react by Slapping your skin. Our discussion today would be on something very deadly, a disease causing insect which i term as a (Vampire) and popularly known as the female Anopheles mosquito. This insect is accountable for several mortality ratio in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world. However as a result of this disease causing insect the number of people that are highly affected are mostly children, it's so disheartening. It has caused more deaths in children as compared to adults.
Anopheles mosquito kills about 440,000 people each year because of malaria wikipidia
The Female Anopheles mosquito
The anopheles mosquito is a primary cause of malaria, it is also the Primary vector of this disease. The mosquito prefer humans, mamals as is source of meal, the body of this mosquito is categorised into three basic parts, the head, the Thorax, and the Abdomen. The mosquito also has 6 legs, and wings which are attached to the thorax.
These mosquito have short life span and during this period they mate and produce eggs, after she must have had a good blood meal. They tend to deposit eggs in stagnant waters, even in fresh water, small streams, etc. They can deposit up to 200eggs, the eggs usually last for a period of 48-72 hours before they are being hatched, depending on the geography or temperature of that location. However this same eggs can survive in a very cold temperature, but not bellow freezing point it will kill the eggs. There are approximately 430 species of this mosquitoes but only 30-40 are responsible for causing this disease.
A map shewing areas of african countries that are endemic and non endemic to malaria as shown below
A map shewing areas of african countries that are endemic and non endemic to malaria
what is malaria
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, this parasite are carried inside a female Anopheles mosquito, and it can be spread through bites from this mosquitoes . Malaria is strongly associated with the condition of our environment, it has had so much effect on the social, economic, & polictical orb of a society. This impact can be as a result of inadequacy in terms of implementation approach of preventive measures.
How do this vampires work at night
The mosquito has an antenna which she use to sense movement of her gullible victims, they usually fly towards the victim after getting a signal, they usually make some obnoxious sounds while flying, and when they land on your skin they go straight to business. From the face of a mosquito they have two notable things on their face which help them to pierce and suck blood which are: stylet and Proboscis -The stylet is inform of a very sharp needle which is used in piercing the human skin and while the proboscis is used for sucking out the blood from the victim, it is more like a tube connected at the face of the mosquito, during this process of piercing and sucking a plasmodium is being injected into the victim.
Symptoms of Malaria
According to several doctors malaria symptoms are categorised into: uncompleted malaria, and severe malaria, the uncompleted malaria symptoms are as follows, fever, headache, sweat, general body weakness, cold etc. During this stage the doctor take diagnosis when the symptoms are present. Sometimes it usually last for 6-10 hours and usually reoccur after a while. In most cases like this, alot of africans have understood the symptoms of malaria so when they face any situation like this, they treat it fast without seeing a doctor. In the case of severe malaria, it shows dysfunction in several organs of the body, symptoms could be characterized as Fever, convulsion, deep breathing, signs of anemia or severe bleeding etc.
Prevention of this causative mosquito
There are several ways to prevent malaria, ways to prevent it are as follows: Creating awareness to travellers from non endemic areas, to be fully aware of the dangers mosquitoes could cause, environmental sanitation avoid stagnant water around your home because it will serve as an habit for this mosquitoes to lay and hatch their eggs, vaccination, the use of mosquito net, alway try and obtain an antimalaria drug if you discovered any form of symptoms before visiting a doctor, the use of pestucides can also help prevent malaria to some extent.
References
how a mosquito works
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closer look at the face of a mosquito
do all mosquito transmit malaria W.H.O