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Vaccine for malaria? Differences with yellow fever?

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

QUESTION Is there a vaccine to prevent malaria? What is the difference between yellow fever and malaria? ANSWER In answer to your first question, no, there is not currently a vaccine available to prevent malaria. The best current candidate, the RTS,S vaccine which was developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is currently undergoing Phase III clinical trials in Africa. Although preliminary results … [Read more...]

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Symtoms of Malaria

April 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Please tell me the symptoms of malaria. ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Due to the way in which the malaria parasite reproduces in the human body, fevers occurring in a cyclical fashion (i.e. high fever one day, no fever the next day, then recurrence of fever on the third or fourth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anaemia, Cerebral Malaria, coma, cyclical fever, Diarrhea, jaundice, Malaria life cycle, Malaria Symptoms, nausea, organ failure, Plasmodium Falciparum, vomiting

Symptoms and Causes of Malaria

February 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms and causes of 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, fever, jaundice, Malaria causes, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria transmission, nausea, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

Malaria Symptoms

December 22, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the mosquito … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anemia, Cerebral Malaria, chills, coma, fever, jaundice, Malaria Symptoms, Plasmodium Falciparum

Malaria Disorder

December 16, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what is the malaria disorder? 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. Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, causes of malaria, Cerebral Malaria, chills, fever, jaundice, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria transmission, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum

What are the Symptoms of Malaria?

December 14, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are malaria symptoms? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, cyclical fever, fever, flu-like illness, jaundice, kidney failure, Malaria Symptoms, nausea, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, red blood cells, relapse, seizures

What do people look like when they have malaria?

December 9, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What do people look like when they have malaria? ANSWER They look sick! When a person has malaria, they experience a flu-like illness, characterised by cycles of fevers and chills, and often accompanied by headaches and nausea. In addition, they may have jaundice (a yellowing of the skin and eyes) due to loss of red blood cells. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, fever, flu-like illness, headaches, jaundice, nausea, red blood cells

Symptoms of Malaria

November 24, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms of malaria? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Cerebral Malaria, fever, flu-like illness, jaundice, Malaria Symptoms, mosquito, nausea, Plasmodium Falciparum

Symptoms of Malaria

October 11, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms of malaria? ANSWER The symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Infection with one type of malaria, Plasmodium … [Read more...]

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Symptoms of Malaria

October 4, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA? ANSWER: The symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Infection with one type of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: fever, jaundice, Malaria Symptoms, Plasmodium Falciparum, red blood cells

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