{"id":17272,"date":"2023-11-22T05:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17272"},"modified":"2025-04-05T03:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:44:54","slug":"gambusia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gambusia\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambusia fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Gambusia fish<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is known as\u00a0mosquito fish, and is widely used as a biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0native to the waters of\u00a0the south-eastern United States.<\/li>\n<li>It has been a part of mosquito-control strategies 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 part of\u00a0various malaria control strategies 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\u00a0invasive alien species in the world.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key points about Malaria<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a disease caused by the\u00a0Plasmodium parasite.<\/li>\n<li>The parasite can be spread to humans through the\u00a0bites of infected mosquitoes.<\/li>\n<li>Transmission\n<ul>\n<li>The plasmodium parasite is spread by\u00a0female Anopheles mosquitoes, 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>Only 5 types of parasites cause malaria in humans.\n<ul>\n<li>Plasmodium falciparum \u2013 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>Plasmodium vivax \u2013 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>Plasmodium ovale \u2013 fairly uncommon and usually found in West Africa, it can remain in your liver for several years without producing symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>Plasmodium malariae \u2013It is only found in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>Plasmodium knowlesi \u2013 It is very rare and found in parts of Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Invasive alien species?<\/h3>\n<p>Invasive alien species (IAS) are animals, plants or other organisms that are introduced into places outside their natural range, negatively impacting native biodiversity, ecosystem services or human well-being.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/gambusia-mosquitofish-mosquito-control-invasive-species-india\/article67550819.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Even after backfire, Gambusia fish remain popular to beat mosquitoes<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambusia fish is known as mosquito fish, and is widely used as a biological agent for controlling mosquito larvae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17272","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\/17272","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=17272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}