{"id":13213,"date":"2023-07-18T12:36:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13213"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:03:53","slug":"gambusia-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gambusia-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambusia Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The release of these invasive alien fish species has raised concerns about the <strong>potential harm<\/strong> that will be <strong>sustained by native species<\/strong> that abound in the state\u2019s freshwater bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Gambusia Fish<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>mosquito fish,<\/strong> and is widely used as a biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>native<\/strong> to the waters of the <strong>south-eastern United States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has been a part of <strong>mosquito-control strategies<\/strong> for over a century in various parts of the world, including India.<\/li>\n<li>A single full grown fish eats about 100 to 300 mosquito larvae per day.<\/li>\n<li>Also it has been <strong>part of various malaria control strategies<\/strong> in India since 1928, including the Urban Malaria Scheme.<\/li>\n<li>The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Gambusia one of the 100 worst <strong>invasive alien species<\/strong> in the world.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about Malaria<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Malaria is a disease caused by the <strong>Plasmodium parasite.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The parasite can be spread to humans <strong>through the bites of infected mosquitoes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transmission:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The plasmodium parasite is spread by <strong>female Anopheles mosquitoes,<\/strong> which are known as &#8220;night-biting&#8221; mosquitoes because they most commonly bite between dusk and dawn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There are many different types of plasmodium parasite, but only 5 types cause malaria in humans.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plasmodium falciparum:<\/strong> It is mainly found in Africa, it&#8217;s the most common type of malaria parasite and is responsible for most malaria deaths worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plasmodium vivax :<\/strong> It is mainly found in Asia and South America, this parasite causes milder symptoms than Plasmodium falciparum, but it can stay in the liver for up to 3 years, which can result in relapses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plasmodium ovale<\/strong>: Fairly uncommon and usually found in West Africa, it can remain in your liver for several years without producing symptoms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plasmodium malariae:<\/strong> This is quite rare and usually only found in Africa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plasmodium knowlesi:<\/strong> This is very rare and found in parts of Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Plasmodium?<\/h3>\n<p>Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protozoa that causes malaria in humans and other animals. It belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and is transmitted through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/gambusia-this-solution-could-actually-be-an-invasive-problem-90665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Gambusia: This solution could actually be an invasive problem<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambusia Fish is also known as mosquito fish, is widely used as a biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}