Question

State the method of transmisson each of the following disease aids and malaria

Answer 1

Aids is transmitted by HIV virus and malaria is spread by a protozoa called plasmodium through female anopheles mosquito

Answer 2

2)  AIDS -  It can be transmitted through sexual contact or by sharing needles infected with the HIV virus.


3.Malaria - Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. OnlyAnopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have been infected through a previous blood meal taken from an infected person. When a mosquito bites an infected person, a small amount of blood is taken in which contains microscopic malaria parasites. About 1 week later, when the mosquito takes its next blood meal, these parasites mix with the mosquito's saliva and are injected into the person being bitten.