How is malaria spread?

Mosquitos are vectors - they pick up the malarial protist when they feed on an infected animal. Everytime the mosquito feeds on another animal, it infects it by inserting the protist into the animal's blood vessels.

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Protist Malaria Spread Mosquitos Vectors Pick Malarial Feed

Mosquitoes, as vectors, spread malaria by transmitting the malarial protist from infected animals to new hosts through their blood vessels.

Malaria is spread by mosquitoes acting as vectors, picking up the protist from infected animals and inserting it into the blood vessels of new hosts.

Front	How is malaria spread?
Back	Mosquitos are vectors - they pick up the malarial protist when they feed on an infected animal. Everytime the mosquito feeds on another animal, it infects it by inserting the protist into the animal's blood vessels.

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