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To reduce malaria infections, world health programs distribute preventive drugs and insecticide-treated bed nets to protect people from mosquito bites. The ...
Malaria, most often caused by the bite of an infected mosquito, has been reported in the U.S. Learn more about malaria prevention.
Which type of malaria parasite is causing your symptoms; If your infection is caused by a parasite resistant to certain drugs; Whether the disease is causing ...
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. People who have malaria usually get a high ...
After a trip overseas, Hugo de Jager was gripped by fatigue, abdominal pain and severe headaches. The culprit was cerebral malaria. Although the diagnosis is ...
Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention of this infectious disease transmitted to humans through mosquito bites.
Quinine is used to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium falciparum is a parasite that gets into the red blood cells in the body and causes ...
For patients taking chloroquine to prevent malaria: Your doctor will want you to start taking this medicine 1 to 2 weeks before you travel to an area where ...
Malaria cases have dropped dramatically in the last decade in part due to the use of rapid diagnostic tests that allow more effective prevention and treatment.
Malaria is spread by the bites of certain kinds of infected female mosquitoes. If you are living in or will be traveling to an area where there is a chance of ...
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