Rapid Communication, Vector Biol J Vol: 10 Issue: 1

The anopheles mosquito is a vector and no longer a parasite

Pawan Kumar^*

Epidemiology Department, Disease Research Centre, India

*Corresponding Author:

Pawan Kumar
Epidemiology Department, Disease Research Centre, India
E-mail: pawank@gmail.com

Received: 01-Mar-2025, Manuscript No. VBJ-22-59270, Editor assigned: 03-Mar-2025, PreQC No. VBJ-22-59270(PQ), Reviewed: 17-Mar-2025, QC No. VBJ-22-59270, Revised: 21-Mar-2025, Manuscript No. VBJ-22- 59270(R), Published: 28-Mar-2025, DOI: 10.4172/2473-4810.1000330

Citation: Pawan K (2025) The Anopheles Mosquito is a Vector and no Longer a Parasite. Vector Biol J 10: 330

Copyright: © 2025 Pawan K. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Keywords: Anopheles mosquito, Malaria vector, Vector-borne diseases, Parasite vs vector

Introduction

A parasite is defined as an organism that lives on or in an organism of every other species, called the host, from the body of which it attain vitamins. Parasites are categorized as ectoparasites (that live on the body of the host) and endoparasites (that lives inside the body of the host). Lady anopheles isn't always a parasite because it does now not chunk human to get its ownmeal. Each male and female mosquitoes feed on plant nectar, fruit juices and liquidsthat ooze from plants. Woman anopheles bites human to get blood meal to nourish its growing fertile eggs. Their eggs need a few iron requirements. So, they want human blood for replica. Their time body in/on the body floor is likewise not sufficient to categorise them as parasites. They moreover do the job of a vector. The vector transmits parasites to the host. Woman anopheles are vectors that transmit Plasmodium vivax , a malarial parasite to human body. This is a fairly semantic question revolving around the definition of parasite. A classical definition is that a parasite is an organism that lives in or on the body of every other organism of a special species, preferably not killing the host but causing it some harm. Over evolutionary time, parasites turn out to be less pathogenic to their hosts as itâ??s now not of their very own best adaptive pursuits to reason its demise or severe harm. The most success parasites are people who motive the least harm. However, if a visitor organism causes no harm at all to the only it lives in, our medical vocabulary now not calls it a parasite. We then name it a commensal. That takes us returned to my first sentence [1-3].

Feline parasite

Toxoplasma gondii tops the list because the most famous — and maximum debatable — neurological parasite. This tiny protozoan doesnâ??t appear to be a great deal greater than a blob, however once it makes its manner to the brain; it could appreciably alter the behaviour of hosts like rats, cats and, yes, even humans.

1. gondiiâ??s lifestyles starts in cat feces, in which its eggs (known as “oocytes” or “egg cells”) wait to be picked up by means of companies like rats. Once theyâ??re safe and heat within the guts in their transient hosts, the oocytes morph into tachyzoites, the unassuming little blobs that could genuinely do some harm. the ones tachyzoites migrate into their hosts’ muscle mass, eyes and brains, in which they are able to stay hidden for decades without doing a good deal of something. But whilst the instant involves strike, the little T. gondii tachyzoites modify their hosts’ mind chemistry. Inflamed rats clearly come to be sexually aroused by way of the scent of cats, and bounce fearlessly into their claws, wherein they die and release the tachyzoites back into the cats, allowing the egg-laying cycle to begin anew [4].

Creepy, possibly, but not precisely the stuff of nightmares — except that rats arenâ??t the handiest hosts in which T. gondii hibernates. A few researchers estimate that as lots as 30 percent of the human beings on earth — more than billion folks — are carrying little T. gondii tachyzoites round in our brains proper now.

Amoeba of insanity

If youâ??re hiking in the wilderness, live away from warm, stagnant bodies of fresh water, regardless of how thirsty you're. These inviting little ponds often play host to Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba species with a flavor for human brain tissue. N. fowleri can spend long spans of time simply placing around as a cyst, a bit armored ball that can survive bloodless, warmness, and dry situations. When a cyst comes into contact with an inviting host, it sprouts tentacle-like pseudopods and turns into a shape known as a trophozoite. once itâ??s transformed, the trophozoite heads immediately for the hostâ??s relevant worried system, following nerve fibers inward looking for the mind. Once itâ??s burrowed into its hostâ??s mind tissue — typically the olfactory bulbs —N. fowleri sprouts“sucking equipment” called an amoebostome and starts chowing down on juicy brain count. because the amoeba divides, multiplies and moves inward, devouring mind cells as it goes, its hosts can go from uncomfortable to incoherent to subconscious in a depend of hours [5].

The signs and symptoms begin subtly, with alterations in tastes and scents, and maybe a few fever and stiffness. however over the following few days, as N. fowleri burrows deeper into the mind’s cognitive structures, sufferers start feeling stressed, have problem paying interest, and begin to hallucinate. Subsequent come seizures and unconsciousness, as the mind loses all control. Two weeks later, the sufferer’s most probable perishes — even though one guy in Taiwan controlled to paste it out for a grueling 25 days earlier than his frightened system sooner or later gave out [6].

The virus that brings fear

Weâ??ve all been warned to stay clean of wild cats and dogs, and in no way to hassle animals we find wandering the streets of a metropolis. Pleasant as they may appearance, they may without difficulty is wearing the deadly rabies virus, which doesnâ??t constantly purpose the telltale mouth-foaming — though it does alter its sufferersâ?? brain capabilities in profound ways.

This bullet-fashioned virus — so small and sneaky that it often escapes detection via the immune system — doesnâ??t need a great deal of an invitation to dive into a brand new host; a simple puncture wound will do it. as soon as itâ??s within the hostâ??s bloodstream, it quickly starts offevolved taking over cells, reworking them into rabies factories that churn out heaps of copies of the virus. Because the attackers grow in variety, they make their manner to the host’s critical nervous system, and head for the brain [7].

Conclusion

However rabies viruses donâ??t simply settle down everywhere in the mind, they in particular are seeking for out the hippocampus, amygdala and hypothalamus, mind structures that play important roles in memory, worry and emotion. And that they donâ??t just devour mind cells indiscriminately, either; rather, they regulate the approaches those cells release neurotransmitters like serotonin, GABA, and endogenous opioids. In different words, they turn their hostsâ?? very own mind chemistry against them.

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