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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 do AIDS and Malaria contribute to poverty in Africa?
Aids and malaria effect many people that are of laboring age. If half of the population is sick and unable to work, therefor unable to pay tax's, then government cannot provide public services such as school, and education increases self capital. Hence the capital of your population is lower.
Can you get malaria in Portugal?
No I don't think you can because there is water shortage happening in Portugal and one of the main ways that mosquitos can carry malaria is when there are large amounts of water around. So it's highly unlikely to catch malaria in Portugal.
Which microbe causes disease like malaria?
Malaria is caused by a parasite called as plasmodium. It is a protozoa. There are four species which causes malaria commonly. They are plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and plasmodium malariae. Out of which plasmodium falciparum is most dangerous. almost 500 million cases of malaria occur in the world. Most of them in tropical countries.
Why is malaria more common in marshy areas?
Marshy areas are good places for mosquitoes to breed. Mosquito being the vector for malaria.
How can you protect yourself from malaria?
You should start the preventive medication, one week before entering the malaria endemic zone. The same should be continued through out the stay and two weeks after going back to the original country. You should use the mosquito nets, repellent cream in endemic area.
How was malaria transmitted to the falcon?
Malaria was most likely spread through the bite of a female mosquito.
Why is malaria associated with swampy areas?
malaria is found in swamps because then the female mosquito can lay her eggs and when people drink the water the parasite goes inside them
What is malaria and how do you get it?
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite (of the genus Plasmodium) and spread mostly by a particular mosquito (Anopheles). The saliva from the bite of the infected female mosquito infects the blood which carries the parasite to the liver where it matures.
The disease is common in tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and the Americas since these have a favorable environment for the mosquito; mortality rates in severe cases are about one in five. Estimated deaths approximate a million a year, most of which are children.
The disease is preventable and treatable through medication; preventative measures include mosquito control techniques.
yes because there is a type of malaria called cerebal malaria which infects the brain symptoms are high fever (of up to 107 degrees fahrenheit), chills, and headache.
