Important vectors and diseases transmitted Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious diseases from animals to humans or between humans. Lot of these vectors are bloodsucking insects, which ingest disease-producing microorganisms during a blood meal from an infected host (human or ani...

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, called “malaria vectors.” There are 5 parasite species that cause malaria in humans, and 2 of these species – P. falciparum and P. vivax – pose the...