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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

What is malaria and when was it discovered?

June 1, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is malaria and when was it diagnosed? ANSWER Malaria is a disease caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Five types of malaria infect humans: P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. It was first observed in the blood of a patient who had died of malaria in 1880 by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French physician working in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Algeria, causes of malaria, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, malaria history, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, single-celled parasite

What is Malaria

May 30, 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 commonly 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, Malaria Symptoms, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

Scientific Name of Malaria

May 29, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what is the scientific name of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a single celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Five species infect humans, and their scientific names are Plasmodium falciparum (the most severe and deadly kind), P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: parasite, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

What is Malaria?

May 27, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is malaria? What is the parasite that causes malaria? ANSWER Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite, of the genus Plasmodium, that commonly 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, parasite, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, symptoms

Malaria Explained

May 20, 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 commonly 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: Malaria Symptoms, parasite, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

Malaria Recurrence

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

QUESTION I had malaria 5 months back it has again reoccurred. this time there has been increase in the size of the spleen. As of now it is being treated but I fear of getting it again. Is it true the malaria which i am down with reoccurs every 6- 8 months ??? Local people call it as registered malaria.. . ANSWER There certainly are types of malaria that can reoccur relatively regularly, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: diagnosis, G6DP deficiency, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, relapse, reoccurrence, symptoms

Long and Short Term Effects of Malaria

May 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 6 Comments

QUESTION What are the long term and short term effects of malaria in brief please? ANSWER The symptoms of malaria as an acute infection vary somewhat depending on the type of malaria, but usual signs include high fever (often in a cyclical pattern, with fever one day, then no fever for one or two days, then a recurrence of fever), chills, body aches and nausea. For Plasmodium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Cerebral Malaria, coma, impaired consciousness, organ failure, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, recurrence, relapse, symptoms

Malaria Parasites Classification

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

QUESTION Where are malaria parasites classified? ANSWER The parasite that causes malaria comes from the genus Plasmodium, which is part of a Phylum of single-celled protist organisms called Apicomplexa. The Apicomplexans mostly posses an organ called an apicoplast, which is part of an apical structure designed to aid entry into a host cell. The Apicomplexa is split into two Classes, of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Apicomplexa, definitive host, Haemosporidia, life cycle, mosquito, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, systematics, taxonomy, vector, vertebrate host

Pathophysiology of Malaria

May 5, 2012 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, beingPlasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi. All these species are introduced into … [Read more...]

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