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malaria is the name of a disease caused by Plasmodium, which are transmitted in to human blood by the bite of mosquitoes. Plasmodium affect the human red blood cells causing fever with chills and rigors, headache. Malaria is a major health risk in Asia, subsaharan Africa and parts of America. Malaria resistant to treatment leads to cerebral malaria that can be fatal. Plasmodium falciparum is nasty compared to P. vivax and P. malariae.

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