malaria life cycle

Malaria is caused by a parasite that goes through a complex life cycle involving humans and female Anopheles mosquitoes. First, when the mosquito bites, it injects the parasite into the human bloodstream. Inside the human, the parasite multiplies in the liver and then infects red blood cells, leading to symptoms like fever and chills. When another mosquito bites an infected person, it takes in the parasites, which then reproduce in the mosquito's gut and migrate to its saliva. This cycle continues when the mosquito bites another person, spreading the disease.