why mosquitoes do not get get malaria when they take plasmodium
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An insect's immune system doesn't work like ours. It's not designed to adapt to specific threats over time, though it can still learn to fight off infections. This is evinced by the fact that many mosquitoes are able to fight off Plasmodium, the single-celled microbe that causes malaria. But researchers don't know exactly how insects do this.
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Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasite called a Plasmodium. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. Inside the mosquito the parasites reproduce and develop.
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