Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites transmitted by FEMALE anopheline mosquito . The protozoan parasite is of genus
Plasmodium sp. There's 4 of them:-
1.
Plasmodium falciparum (most widespread & dangerous)
2.
Plasmodium vivax
3.
Plasmodium ovale 4.Plasmodium malariae
They develop in the gut of the female anopheline mosquito and is passed on in the saliva of an infected insect to human when it takes a bit. Then they are carried to the liver where they multiply and is finally released into the the blood vessel. I cut short the notes cuz I'm not sure if all learn bout the lifecycle of malaria. And yeah chloroquine can be used to combat malaria but unfortunately,
Plasmodium falciparum is resistant to chloroquine. Hope this helps.
