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Malaria Symptoms

March 26, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How does the virus cause the symptoms? ANSWER Malaria is actually not caused by a virus—it is caused by a microscopic single-celled parasite called Plasmodium. Several different species cause malaria in humans, the most common of which are P. vivax and P. falciparum. To describe the process in a very oversimplified way, the malaria parasites cause disease by infecting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anaemia, Cerebral Malaria, fever, haemoglobin, immune response, inflammation, parasite, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, red blood cells, sequestration, synchronised bursting

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