Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism; over one million people worldwide die from mosquito-borne diseases every year. Mosquitoes transmit diseases that afflict humans since ages. In addition, mosquito bites can cause severe skin irritation through an allergic reaction to the mosquito's saliva - this is what causes the bump and itching. Mosquito vectored diseases include protozoan diseases, i.e., malaria, Chickengunya and viruses such as dengue, encephalitis and yellow fever.
Malaria is an ancient disease. In all likelihood originating in Africa, it has been described by the Chinese as far back as 2700BC and the Sumerians from 1700 BC. The malaria parasite (plasmodium) is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The term malaria is attributed to Horace Walpole in a letter from Italy in 1740 and is derived from the Italian 'mal-aria" or "bad air" because it was…
