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How Much Time Between Mosquito Bite and Malaria Symptoms?

October 28, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION If a mosquito carrying malaria is biting you, do you get sick the next day? ANSWER No.  There is a delay called the incubation period, which usually is between 7 to 30 days (depending on the malarial parasite the anopheles mosquito is carrying). The shorter periods are observed most frequently  from P. falciparum and the longer ones with P. malariae. Antimalarial drugs taken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Antimalarial Drugs, incubation period, traveller's health

Malaria Prevention

August 13, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION How can I protect myself from being infected with malaria? ANSWER There are many ways to prevent from getting infected with malaria. Some methods are more appropriate if you live in a malarial area, others are more for travellers to malarial areas, who are not staying long term. MALARIA.com has a comprehensive page dedicating to malaria prevention and protection. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Prevention, malarial areas, protection, traveller's health

Malaria in Australia and Bali

January 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is Australia, Bali or Tasmania in the malaria affected area? ANSWER While malaria used to be endemic in parts of Australia (not Tasmania—it is too cold), the country was declared to be free of malaria transmission in 1981. However, several hundred cases are reported in Australia every year, mainly brought back by travellers returning from other regions, such as south-east … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Australia, Bali, eradication, insect repellent, insecticide-treated bednets, long-sleeved clothing, Malaria Control, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission, mosquitos, Queensland, Tasmania, Torres Strait, traveller's health

Is there malaria in North America?

June 18, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: Are there malaria-infected mosquitoes in North America? ANSWER: North America is usually defined as including Canada, the United States and Mexico. Of these, Mexico has known regions of regular malaria transmission; specifically the regions bordering Guatemala and Belize in the south (Chiapas, Quintana Roo and Tabasco), rural areas in the tropical lowlands slightly further north … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Canada, insecticide, Mexico, North America, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, prevention of malaria, prophylaxis, traveller's health, USA

Does malaria spread from a person to another?

May 18, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: Can malaria spread from one person to another? ANSWER: Usually, no. In most cases, the malaria parasite has to first pass from a human host into a mosquito as the mosquito takes a blood meal, and then from the mosquito into another human via the mosquito's saliva. This severely limits the amount of person-to-person transmission that exists. In fact, the only mechanisms for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood transfusions, congenital malaria, Malaria and Pregnancy, Malaria transmission, Malaria Treatment, mosquitoes, neonatal malaria, Quinine, traveller's health

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