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Blood Transfusion and Malaria

February 21, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Do people need to receive blood if they get malaria? ANSWER Usually not. Most cases of malaria are uncomplicated and are treated using oral antibiotics. However, if the disease progresses sufficiently and the patient is not promptly treated, it can become more severe. This is particularly true for infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, which can lead to impaired … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood transfusions, complicated malaria, plasma, Plasmodium Falciparum, severe malaria

Malaria Infection

January 20, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How can you get infected with malaria? ANSWER Malaria is transmitted directly via the bite of an infected mosquito. Only certain female mosquitoes, of the genus Anopheles, can carry malaria. The mosquito picks up the malaria parasite (there are five different types of malaria that infect humans, though all are transmitted in exactly the same way) when it feeds on the blood of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood meal, blood transfusions, congenital malaria, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, malaria infection, Malaria transmission, mosquitoes, organ transplants, Pregnancy and Malaria, salivary glands

How Does One Contract Malaria?

December 31, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How to get malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood meal, blood transfusions, congenital malaria, Malaria transmission, mosquitoes, organ transplant, Plasmodium, red blood cells

Person to Person Malaria Transmission

August 27, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: If someone had malaria but they don't have it any more can they give it to someone else? ANSWER: Regardless of whether a person is still infected with malaria or not, malaria can almost never be transmitted directly from one person to another. Normally, malaria is only transmitted via infected mosquitoes; so, a mosquito has to bite an infected person, and then bite another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood transfusions, congenital malaria, Malaria transmission, mosquito

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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