Question: Can one suffering from malaria and typhoid indulge in sexual activity? Answer: There is no medical reason, from the perspective of transmission, why someone infected with malaria and typhoid should not engage in sexual activity. However, both diseases are characterized by fever, nausea, and weakness; diarrhea is also common with typhoid (and a possible, though less common, symptom of … [Read more...]
Malaria Transmission Through Sexual Contact
QUESTION Can i get malaria if i have sex with someone that has malaria? ANSWER No. Malaria cannot be sexually transmitted. In virtually all cases, malaria is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito, of the genus Anopheles. The mosquito passes the malaria parasite (there are several species which cause malaria in humans, all of the genus Plasmodium) through its saliva when it … [Read more...]
Malaria and Sexual Contact
QUESTION Is a person with malaria allowed sexual contact or not? ANSWER Malaria cannot be transmitted between people through sexual contact (or indeed, between people at all—it must go through a mosquito before it can pass into another human host), so from the point of view of spreading the disease, sexual activity is not disallowed. However, people with malaria often feel very … [Read more...]