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Dr. Reeja Tharu
Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team  on Feb 27, 2017
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Information about Malaria causing Mosquito Anopheles species

Pupa stage

  • This stage is the resting or quiescent stage and it does not take any food.
  • The pupa is comma shaped .
  • The pupa stage is very sensitive to movement and moves away from the source of disturbance.

Adult stage

  • The outer skin of the pupa breaks and the mosquito emerges from it.
  • It takes ten to twelve days for completing the life cycle from egg stage to adult stage.
Published on Sep 08, 2014
Last Updated on Feb 27, 2017

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camaldina

Thanks for write-pus. Its very informative. You only talked about the treatment of malaria, but what about the treatment/avoidance of the Malaria Relapses, which is very important?

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