World Mosquito day celebrations 2023 Date and History

Mosquito Day Celebrations 2023 History of the Mosquito

When will Mosquito Day be celebrated around the world

Every year, Mosquito Day is celebrated on August 20. It is done to commemorate the contributions of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, who was the first person to discover the connection between malaria and female anopheline mosquitoes.

History of World Mosquito Day

On August 20, 1897, a British doctor made a groundbreaking discovery Sir Ronald Ross found that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans. The parasite is present in the mosquito’s stomach.

What is the bite of a Female Anopheles mosquito?

It spreads by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito which carries the malaria parasite in its salivary glands. When a mosquito bites a healthy person, the malarial parasites get transferred to the blood of a healthy person and cause malaria. Symptoms include high fever with chills and sweating, weakness.

Symptoms for Malaria Fever

• Fever.
• flu-like illness.
• Shaking.
• Chills.
• Headache.
• Muscle aches.
• Tiredness.

Female Anopheles mosquito bite Signs

• A puffy and reddish bump appears a few minutes after the bite.

• A hard, itchy, reddish-brown bump or multiple bumps appear a day or so after the bite or bites.

• Small blisters instead of hard bumps.

• Dark Spots that look like Bruises.

Prevention for Female Anopheles mosquito bite

Use insect repellent

• DEET.

• Picaridin.

• IR3535.

• Oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE).

• Para-menthane-diol (PMD).

• 2-undercanone.