QUESTION: Where are the high risk areas of malaria? ANSWER: Malaria is found in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, although a few areas, through concerted control and prevention efforts, have eliminated the disease locally. Examples of this are the USA, most of the Mediterranean and parts of Central America. The highest burden of the disease is in Africa, although many … [Read more...]
Introduction of malaria
QUESTION: What is the introduction of malaria? ANSWER: Malaria is introduced into the human host via mosquitoes, who pass the parasite into the human blood stream through their mouthparts as they take a blood meal. Since the development of both the mosquito and the parasite are temperature-dependent, and tend to favour warm, humid conditions (mosquito larvae require pools of still water … [Read more...]