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Chickenpox is caused by a virus, and malaria is caused by a parasite.

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Who were some famous people diagnosed with malaria?

This could never be determined as the malaria parasite and the mosquitos that spread the disease long predate the existence of modern humans (and likely predate the existence of all primates and may even predate the dinosaurs!).In other words, humans and malaria have coexisted and coevolved as long as there have been humans. This long predates any recorded history or written documents, which would be necessary to give you an answer.


What do mosquitoes do to humans?

Give them mosquito bites, and sometimes malaria


Can dogs get malaria?

Yes. But not exactly in the way humans do. To make malaria in dogs unlikely, give them a balanced diet with vitamin C.


How does the mosquito transmit malaria?

Malaria is caused by a parasite in the plasmodium family. Without going into too much detail the mosquito takes what amounts to eggs from an infected person those mature partially in the mosquito. Those are then passed to everyone that infected mosquito bites.


Can mosquito's cause anemia?

Mosquitoes don't cause anaemia, but they do carry the malaria parasite which can cause anaemia. Therefore, if you are bitten by a mosquito that is carrying malaria and get infected, you may develop anaemia (with other symptoms of malaria).


Does malaria come out of your body after it's in your body?

the parasite stays inside the body but can give you no problems for 20 or 30 yrs and then just hit you like when you first had it


What causes malaria and how the disease is spread?

Malaria is caused by four species from the genus Plasmodium. Plasmodium is a protozoa. This protozoa forms male and female gametes in the blood of the patient of malaria. Which are sucked by female anopheles mosquito. The parasite complete the sexual cycle in the body of mosquito. This mosquito injects the sporozoites in the body of next victims to give them malaria.


What causes malaria and how disease is spread?

malaria is caused by four species from the genus Plasmodium. Plasmodium is a protozoa. This protozoa forms male and female gametes in the blood of the patient of malaria. Which are sucked by female anopheles mosquito. The parasite complete the sexual cycle in the body of mosquito. This mosquito injects the sporozoites in the body of next victims to give them malaria.


How do mosquitoes give malaria by biting?

Mosquito gets malaria parasite from the patient of malaria. Once infected, mosquito will carry the disease for life time. When mosquito bites you, it injects an anaesthetic chemical in the body of the host. During this injection, it injects the malaria parasites, in the body of host.


What do malaria tablets do?

Give you malaria.


Explain what causes malaria and how the disease is spread?

Malaria is a potentially fatal tropical disease that is caused by a parasite known as Plasmodium. It is spread through the bite of an infected female mosquito. Malaria is transmitted to humans from the Anopheles mosquito. *Each year, there are approximately 515 million cases of malaria, killing between one and three million people, the majority of whom are young children in Africa. *Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in Africa. Malaria is commonly associated with poverty, but is also a cause of poverty. *Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem. *Young children are more prone to getting Malaria than adults are. *Malaria is a disease which kills a child every 30 seconds across Africa.? *In Tanzania malaria is the leading killer of children. ? Symptoms of malaria are fever, shivering, joint pain, vomiting, anemia, hemoglobinuria (when your urine tturns red), retinal damage, and convulsions. The classic symptom of malaria is occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigor (shaking) and then fever and sweating lasting four to six hours, every two days.Malaria is a protozoan infection carried by mosquitoes. Falciparum malaria is the most common virulent type. 40% of the world's population is at risk every year.It has killed 3+ billion people over the years and it infects 500,000 every year.People with the infection will have chills, fever, sweats in cycles of 49 or 72 hours depending on the microbe and the cycle can last for weeks without relief.There is a high death rate in the acute phase especially in kids.Prevention: vector control, bed netting, screens, repellants, The drug of choice isChloroquine.


Can you get chickenpox vaccine if you already had chickenpox?

Yes, you can give chickenpox vaccine in the same area as other vaccines.