How do mosquitoes get malaria parasite in the first place?

From the CDC: Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to carry out egg production, and such blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle. read more

Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to carry out egg production, and such blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle. read more

Only certain species of mosquitoes of the Anophelesgenus—and only females of those species—can transmit malaria. read more