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Malaria Infectious?

May 24, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood, Blood transfusion, childbirth, congenital malaria, infectious, life cycle, liver, mosquito, organ transplant, placenta, red blood cells, transmission

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