Malaria

The first effective treatment for malaria was quinine, from the bark of the cinchona tree.

Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, so a many strategies for preventing malaria involve preventing mosquitoes from biting humans

* putting on mosquito spray -- a repellent such as DEET

* using mosquito netting to keep out mosquitoes

* killing mosquitoes with insecticides such as DDT and permethrin

* killing mosquito larvae with oil drips

Amerigo Vespucci died in Seville from Malaria in February, 1512. There were no cures and people didn't even know how Malaria was passed from one person to another during that time. As a result, many died due to ignorance of the disease.

Well one thing we need to note is that when a mosquito bites you, it sucks your blood and injects some of its parasites into you.

A parasite is something that isn't at all good for us humans, and when a mosquito bites us, the parasites go into our blood and goes all the way to out liver where it kills red blood cells and causes us harm.

-Unknown- Malaria has been infecting humans for at least 50,000 years, and may have existed as a pathogen in other species for even longer. For this reason it is impossible to know where the first cases of malaria appeared. While the earliest references to a malaria-like illness come from China, that is by no means an indication that malaria originated in Asia.

A female mosquito will lay eggs in some form of water. So if you leave a cup outside and it rains and the cup becomes filled the mosquito will lay eggs in it. And there's nothing you can do about them hatching. So if you don't want them in your back yard always dump out containers of water

yes, it does.

Malaria is transmitted by a tropical species of mosquito that cannot survive the cold winters of temperate regions.

The sporozoan that causes malaria is of the genus Plasmodium, the most acute onset is caused by the species falciparum

Around 300-500million people get infected by malaria each year this is caused because of the disease the misquito passes it through into the persons body which then gets in to blood cells they multiply and burst the blood cells ,people usually take special pills to fight against this disease they also use misquito nets to keep them away.

It can give you:

-Chills

-Fever

-Enlargement of the spleen

-Weakness

-Profuse sweating

-Loss of appetite

-Kidney failure

-And possible coma

Malaria has become one of the most challenging infectious diseases to eradicate in Africa. The overall disease burden is devastating youth, women, and health systems. Malaria accounts for 40% of public health expenditure, 30% to 50% of inpatient admission, and up to 50% of outpatient visits in endemic regions. It has affected Africa's human resources and directly lowered its annual economic growth. It not only debilitates the workforce, but keeps children from going to school, prevents pregnant mothers from effectively caring for their families, and decreases the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy outcome. Governments and donors have recognized this extraordinary toll and have increased their commitment toward prevention, treatment, and eradication. More successful programs have included reducing tariffs on ITNs to make them more affordable, incorporating infectious disease in reproductive health programs, and intermittent preventive treatment. With sustained governmental commitment and financial resources, the eradication of malaria can succeed.

A mosquito, every 30 seconds kids in parts of Africa get malaria. if they had bed nets ( nets that go over beds), they would be safer.

The female Anopheles mosquito is the vector for the malarial parasite.

Malaria is spread by female mosquitoes. The parasite which causes malaria is found in the female mosquitoes saliva. When a person is bitten by a female mosquito, the parasite enters the bloodstream via the mosquitoes saliva.

However, there are also other ways for malaria to be spread. A pregnant woman can pass malaria onto her baby. Someone using a needle that has been used by a person with malaria can infect that person. Having a blood transfusion from someone who has malaria can also pass it on to someone else.be careful.

Yes. However, it is a recurring infection, so you never totally "survive" it. One you contract it, you will have it the rest of your life.

sBoth thick and thin blood smears are taken from the finger tip of earlobe of malaria patient. This smear is kept in water to dissolve and remove the haemoglobin from the slide. The slide is stained and visualised under oil immersion lens to see the malaria parasites directly.

Apparently yes!

My husband contracted Dengue about 3 years ago in Bali and now has a recurrence of it, although milder than before he is still feeling very tired and generally unwell.

What I'm not sure of is if this is something that stays in your system or was he bitten by another Dengue carrying mosquito here in Bali?!

Because individuals who inherit the gene from only one parent produce red blood cells which are distorted. This distortion makes the cells unpalatable to malaria parasites, without seriously harming the individual. This tends to protect against malaria and that protection causes selection for this allele. Individuals who get the sickle cell gene from both parents suffer serious distortion of the red blood cells. This protects against malaria, but also reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red cells to a dangerous degree. This causes a disease called sickle-cell anaemia, which causes selection against the gene. In malarial regions a balance is established. When a population with sickle cell alleles moves to an area with effectively no malaria present, the sickle cell alleles are steadily selected against. This shifts the balance steadily towards low levels.

The mosquito injects its saliva containing parasite into the bloodstream. These parasites travel then travel to the liver where they develop, multiply, and rupture. They go back to circulation and enter the red blood cells eventually attacking and destroying them. The parasites in the red blood cell do not go back to the bloodstream. Instead, they block the small blood vessels in the brain and lungs that may cause the patient to go into coma and eventually, death.

As for Dengue.... Also known as break bone fever- it is very painful and spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas. It is usally found in the coastal area of Mexico. It takes up to 3 to 14 days after contractng the virus you may develop high fever, muscle and joint pain. There is no vaccination or cure. The prevention is avoiding mosquitoe bites & using Insect repellent containing DEET or PACARIDIN. Wear long sleeves and long loose pants and no sandals.

Anyone who goes to malaria infested areas must take a shot for immunity or while in the area take a pill for temporary immunity. Feel free to add to this answer; it is not complete.