Causes and effects of MalariaBy Louis Abasta, Christina McGuire, Dawoon Park

Causes • Humans may become infected from the parasite of anopheline

mosquitos• The malaria protazoa develops in the gut of the mosquito and is

passed to humans in the saliva of the insect as it draws a person’s blood

• The parasite travels to the liver of the human through the blood stream

• After 9-16 days the parasite then causes red blood cells to break down

Causes• There are many factos that cause increase in infected

mosquitos• Hot and humid or rainy climate increases the number of

mosquitoes• Still or slow moving water to breed • In some areas like sub-saharan africa having huts as shelters

and home makes the population more open to the elements that allow the mosquitos to breed

Effects • Common symptoms• Fever• Shivering• Pain in the joints• Headache• Vomiting and anemia

• About 3,000 people a day die from malaria and people who survive may suffer different illnesses caused by the disease

• Due to the low appetite of food the people who are effected, this could cause other diseases to occur