Malaria is most commonly transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
Of the approximately 400 species of Anopheles throughout the world, only about 60 are vectors of malaria under natural conditions, some 30 of which are of major importance.
There are more than 2500 species of mosquito, although only a minority feed on human blood.
Only female mosquitoes drink blood, usually to fuel the production of eggs.
Female mosquitoes bite usually between sunset and sunrise.
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