QUESTION Can malaria pills be taken with other vaccines or medications? ANSWER Malaria pills can be taken with most other medications, though this may vary with the type of prophylaxis (medication to prevent malaria) that you take, and there may be some specific combinations which are not recommended, so be sure to consult with a doctor about specific drug interactions. For example, … [Read more...]
Malaria Statistics 2008-2012
QUESTION What are the malaria statistics for 2008-2012? ANSWER Without more information, I am assuming you would like statistics on malaria cases and deaths for 2008-2012. The best data on malaria comes from the World Health Organization, which retrospectively publishes its best estimated for malaria in its annual World Malaria Reports. Each report publishes the figures from the previous … [Read more...]
First Cases of Malaria
QUESTION What is the first infected person with Plasmodium? ANSWER Plasmodium, the single-celled parasite which causes malaria, has been infecting humans since ancient times. In fact, the first written reference to its symptoms dates back almost 5000 years, to an ancient Chinese manuscript! It was also known from the writings of other ancient peoples, such as the Greeks, Romans and … [Read more...]
Malaria Infectious?
QUESTION Is malaria infectious? ANSWER Yes, malaria is considered an infectious disease, though it is very rarely transmitted directly between people, and virtually all of the time must be transmitted via the bite of a mosquito (of the genus Anopheles). Because part of the life cycle of malaria occurs in red blood cells in the human host, if sufficient amounts of blood are shared … [Read more...]
Life Cycle of Malaria
QUESTION Why does the malaria parasite first enter the liver? ANSWER The malaria parasite enters the liver in order to transform from a sporozoite (which can infect liver cells) to a merozoite, which is capable of infecting red blood cells. Both stages also include a proliferation step, but in the blood, the merozoites are also able to differentiate into gametocytes, which are then taken … [Read more...]
Malaria Symptoms Flash Back
QUESTION I got cerebral malaria in Uganda in 1988. Upon returning to the US I was part of an on-going study through the CDC for a couple years. During that time I had recurrence of what appeared to be an 8-10 hour relapse of the severe body aches, disorientation, fever, chills etc. The tropical doctor that was following me informed me that with something as severe as cerebral malaria the brain … [Read more...]
Malaria Parasite
QUESTION 1.classificaton 2.structure and size 3.life cycle 4.host range 5.effect on host 6.diagnosis of diseases(symptoms) 7.prevalence(statistics)of malaria cases in limpopo as from 2008-2011. 8.treatment and prevention (tradutional and modern methods) of the duseases 9.what socio-economic and environmental conditions contribute to the disease? ANSWER I have answered all of the … [Read more...]
Prevalence of Malaria
QUESTION how many people are affected by malaria in a year? ANSWER In the last year for which data have been analyzed (2010), there were an estimated 216 million cases of malaria throughout the world. Of these cases, there were approximately 655,000 deaths, the majority of which were children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa. … [Read more...]
Malaria Explained
QUESTION What is malaria? ANSWER Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite, of the genus Plasmodium, that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito (of the genus Anopheles) which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are typically very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness. Four kinds of malaria parasites can infect humans: Plasmodium … [Read more...]
Malaria Mosquito Eggs
QUESTION Where do Anopheles mosquito lay their eggs? ANSWER Female Anopheles mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing, often stagnant, pools of fresh water. These larvae can be identified in ponds and puddles because unlike other mosquito larvae, they position themselves parallel with the surface of the water, allowing them to breathe air despite not having a respiratory siphon (instead, … [Read more...]