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Malaria

Malaria is a infectious disease that is transmitted through the bite of the female mosquito. All questions about symptoms, causes, prevention, treatment, and history can be found here.

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How long can you live with malaria untreated?

Some forms of malaria can cause death rapidly, following on from the incubation period of 2-4 weeks.

P. flaciparum malaria can manifest as cerebral malaria, and cause death in as few as 2 hours. Otherwise, falciparum will cause death in about a week or so.


Other forms of malaria (vivax, oval) follow less progressive courses, and otherwise health adults may not die from the disease.


The person who is infected should also be considered, with death more likely to occur in small, malnourished children than in healthy people. Iron deficiency may also have a protective influence on those in endemic areas. The effects of malaria may also be reduced in those people who have sickle cell disease, or sickle cell trait.

What is the preventive measures of malaria?

Prompt indentificaton, isolation and treatment of malaria patients, eradication of mosquitoes and protection of the healthy population from mosquitoes are the basic strategies to prevent malaria.

Are fungal infections responsible for many 'undiagnosed' illnesses?

No, systemic candidiasis is a scam. Labs and practitioners charge money to do tests on various samples and they invariably report positive results. They then sell expensive treatments. There is no evidence for any of it.

My suggestion is that if you are tempted by some of these ads that you first send a test sample of some kind. See if they report it as negative.

If people come back to the UK with malaria should they stay away from people?

there are pills you can take in order for you not to catch it. i don't remember how it can be spread from human to human, only that you get it from mosquitoes. probably should have yourself checked out if you have it though... but there are ways to not get it.

What is the average age of malaria victims?

Usually under the age of 5 years old, mostly occurs in the sub Saharan desert in Africa.

Why does the mosquito spread malaria?

Mosquitoes do not get malaria because malaria is a disease caused in humans by a parasite carried by mosquitoes, Plasmodium spp. When mosquitoes feed off the blood of an infected human, they also absorb the Plasmodium spp parasite. However, the Plasmodium spp. itself is not what causes malaria, and therefore cannot get a mosquito sick. Only when it reacts with the blood in a humans body does it take effect and cause the disease malaria. Mosquitoes then simply act as neutral hosts for the parasite before they land and release the Plasmodium spp. into the next human.

Why malaria has persisted?

Malaria is vector borne disease. Killing all the mosquitoes is not easy task. Specially with rampart corruption in many developing countries. Secondly the vector and parasites, both can acquire resistance to insecticides and antimalarial drugs. So at present you have to tolerate the 500 million cases of malaria every year.

Which region in the world has the maximum deaths caused by malaria?

Which region in the world has the maximum deaths caused by malaria?


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Do they have Malaria in Colombia?

Malaria is found in Africa, South America, and East Asia. Colombia is in western South America, so it is possible to get malaria there.

How do Ebloa and flu and malaria and the plague spread?

Flu is spread through contact of an infected. While Plague and malaria is spread via fleas and mosquito.

Does malaria still exist?

it is still very much around... but some children have had jabs to prevent it.

Is malaria serious?

Yes, malaria is serious, because it can be fatal.

What could a conclusion be on an essay about malaria?

Malaria is a dangerous disease caused by a viral infection. This disease is commonly transmitted by mosquito bites to humans and other animals.

How do mosquito's spread malaria?

A person gets malaria from the bite of an infected female mosquito. The mosquito bite injects young forms of the malaria parasite into the person's blood. The parasites travel through the person's bloodstream to the liver, where they grow to their next stage of development. In 6 to 9 days, the parasites leave the liver and enter the bloodstream again. They invade the red blood cells, finish growing, and begin to multiply quickly. The number of parasites increases until the red blood cells burst, releasing thousands of parasites into the person's bloodstream. The parasites attack other red blood cells, and the cycle of infection continues, causing the common signs and symptoms of malaria. When a non-infected mosquito bites an infected person, the mosquito sucks up parasites from the person's blood. The mosquito is then infected with the malaria parasites. The parasites go through several stages of growth in the mosquito. When the mosquito bites someone else, that person will become infected with malaria parasites, and the cycle will begin again. Malaria parasites can also be transmitted by transfusion of blood from an infected person or by the use of needles or syringes contaminated with the blood of an infected person.

Is malaria a bioweapon?

Malaria would not make a very good bioweapon. It requires an obligate parasite, can't be transmitted from one person to another, has readily available treatments, and doesn't kill infected people very quickly, among others

Do malaria pills mainly mefloquine affect birth control pills?

Some pills can affect birth control. If your ill this can sometimes effect birth control too. You need to speak to a medical professional to find out for definite but its possible malaria pills may affect your birth control.

What percentage of people who catch malaria die of it?

Each year 350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, and over one million people die, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa.