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What is the Malaria Parasite?

November 14, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: What is the malaria parasite? Answer: 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 the human blood stream through the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Malaria transmission, mosquito, P. knowlesi, P. malariae, P. ovale, P.vivax, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum

Female Mosquitos and Malaria

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

QUESTION How come only the female mosquitoes can pass malaria? ANSWER Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes need to bite people to get blood, in order  to carry out egg production.  These blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle. Only female mosquitoes feed on blood, thus males … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria transmission, mosquito

What measures can local people take to limit malaria infection?

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

  QUESTION What measures can local people take to limit malaria infection? ANSWER People living in malarial areas can do a lot to protect themselves from getting malaria.  There are community programs for vector control (to control or eliminate mosquitoes) that include draining swamps to remove mosquito breeding habitat, spraying with insecticide, and using biological control … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Prevention, mosquito, vector control

Bringing Malaria to the United States

September 13, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I was recently diagnosed with Malaria still waiting to find out what strand, but either got it in Uganda or Rwanda. I have recently came back to the states and have been bit by mosquito. I have already started to take some medication for it, but I am concerned about spreading the virus to others in the states including my family. Is it possible that if I still have the infection to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Aedes, Anopheles, DEET, feeding, insect repellent, long-sleeved clothing, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission, mosquito, United States

Malaria Host Range

August 19, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is a malaria host range? ANSWER Usually, a malaria host range refers to the natural geographical range of one of the hosts of a particular species of malaria. So, for example, Plasmodium reichenowi normally only infects chimpanzees. Chimpanzees live mainly in central and western Africa, so this would determine the host range for P. reichenowi. Other species of malaria, such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chimpanzee, climate, host, Malaria Host Range, mosquito, Plasmodium reichenowi, transmission, Vectors

Transmission of Malaria from Person to Person

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

QUESTION I was in Lagos, Nigeria and i was bitten. I had stomach ache and diarrhea for a day then back to normal. Just for precaution I checked my blood and the doc said that I have a mild malaria in my blood and he gave me a medicine. If i have malaria can I affect or transmit the malaria to other people like my friends or my wife by the saliva or by any means? ANSWER No, you cannot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood, Blood transfusion, childbirth, Malaria transmission, mosquito, organ transplant, saliva

Dormant Malaria

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

QUESTION I was bitten by mosquitoes many years ago and I was wondering can the symptoms lie dormant for as long as 40 years? The reason I am asking is that every summer I am ill with several of these symptoms. I do not have a good immune system. ANSWER There are a couple of types of malaria, namely Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale, which can lie dormant for many years, and often … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: dormant forms, drug resistance, G6DP deficiency, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria Treatment, mosquito, Primaquine, relapse

Discovery of Malaria

June 7, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Who was the discoverer of malaria? ANSWER Malaria has been known to humans since ancient times, though what exactly caused it and how it was transmitted was not known. The parasite which causes malaria, from the genus Plasmodium, was first observed in the blood of a patient who had died from the disease by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French physician working in Algeria. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, mosquito, Nobel Prize, Plasmodium, Ronald Ross, transmission

Malaria Transmission

June 4, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How is malaria transmitted? 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood meal, Blood transfusion, causes of malaria, congenital malaria, mosquito, organ transplant, Plasmodium, pregnancy, red blood cells, transmission

What is Malaria?

June 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what is malaria? ANSWER Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite, of the genus Plasmodium, that infects a certain type of mosquito (of the genus Anopheles) which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are typically very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness. Four kinds of malaria parasites can infect humans: Plasmodium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, mosquito, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, what is malaria

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