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Malaria is caused by Plasmodium species and is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. This follows from NCERT principle where the relation explains the outcome clearly for students in simple steps.
Ref: NCERT Biology Textbook for Class XI and XII (Zoology section), Chapter: Human Health and Disease, Topic: Immunity, diseases and health maintenance.
Malaria is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito, which carries Plasmodium in its salivary glands.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Biology Chapter 7: Human Health and Disease Common Diseases - Protozoan - Malaria Amoebiasis
Plasmodium species causing malaria exhibit heteroxenous life cycle requiring vertebrate intermediate host and invertebrate definitive host. Asexual schizogony occurs in human liver and erythrocytes causing disease manifestations. Sexual phase begins with gametocyte formation ingested during blood meal by female Anopheles mosquito; within midgut gametes fuse forming diploid zygote developing into motile ookinete penetrating epithelium forming oocyst undergoing sporogony producing haploid sporozoites migrating to salivary glands for reinfection. Fertilization and meiosis completion occurs in mos
Ref: CDC Malaria sexual reproduction Anopheles mosquito; Tortora life cycle Plasmodium definitive host female Anopheles sporogony
The Sporozoans are a diverse group of protists that includes various strictly parasitic organisms. According to the NCERT text, their most defining characteristic is the presence of a resilient, infectious spore-like stage within their complex life cycle. The most notorious and destructive example provided is Plasmodium (the malarial parasite), which continues to have a massive, staggering impact on the global human population.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology > Chapter 2: Biological Classification > 2.2 Kingdom Protista
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