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Malaria Effects on the Body

April 11, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the effects of malaria on the body? ANSWER Malaria has a number of effects on the body. The parasite passes from the blood (where it enters via the bite of an infected mosquito) into the liver, where it reproduces and changes form. After a period of 1-4 weeks (usually - it can be longer) in the liver, the malaria parasite re-enters the blood and begins to infect red … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Cerebral Malaria, immune response, liver stage, Malaria life cycle, malaria symtoms, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, red blood cell, relapse, sequestration, synchronous bursting

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

Malaria in Mosquitoes

March 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Why can't mosquitoes become sick of malaria? What do they have in their system that prevent them from becoming sick yet they transmit the disease to humans? ANSWER First of all, mosquitoes do get "sick" when infected with malaria, though not in the same way as humans. This is due to the major differences between human and mosquito physiology and also differences in the life stage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: gametocytes, immune response, Malaria life cycle, mosquito, red blood cells, sporozoites

Malaria and Renal Failure

October 26, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Explain how malaria can cause renal failure? ANSWER There are several mechanisms by which malaria can contribute to renal failure, which vary due to the type of malaria. The exact way in which these various effects combine to cause acute renal failure is not known. The most common type of malaria to cause renal failure is Plasmodium falciparum, generally the most severe and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: dehydration, deoxygenation, immune response, infected red blood cells, reduced blood flow, renal failure, sequestration, shock

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