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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

Pathophysiology of Malaria

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

QUESTION What is the pathophysiology of malaria? ANSWER Malaria causes disease through a number of pathways, which depend to a certain extent on the species. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium; there are five species which infect humans, being Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. All these species are introduced into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Cerebral Malaria, erythrocytic cycle, exo-erythrocytic cycle, malaria infection, Malaria life cycle, malaria pathology, merozoite, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, sporozoite

White Blood Cells and Malaria

August 17, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Does malaria cause loss of white blood cells / antibodies? ANSWER The parasites that cause malaria reproduce in the human host by infecting red blood cells, then multiplying asexually and bursting out into the bloodstream, ready to infect more red blood cells. As such, malaria parasites do not destroy white blood cells. However, patients with malaria may display reduced white … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: antibodies, malaria infection, Malaria Symptoms, red blood cells, white blood cells

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