Malaria Life Cycle Animation: Mosquito Host — HHMI BioInteractive Video

A mosquito becomes infected with malaria when it bites an infected human. Once inside the mosquito, the parasites reproduce in the gut and accumulate in the salivary glands, ready to infect another human host with the next bite. Learn how one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases is transmitted with this educational animation on the malaria life cycle. Free teaching resources supporting this short film can be found at For more classroom resources on mosquito-borne diseases, see our playlist at