Malaria is caused by a tiny parasite called Plasmodium which has 4 main types, which is spread by a type of female mosquito called anopheles. These mosquitoes commonly bite late at night. When a mosquito bites a person with malaria, it picks the parasite from the person and then can pass the parasite to the next people it bites. You can protect yourself from malaria by sleeping under a Long Lasting Insecticide-treated Net EVERY night.
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