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  1. Quinine (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    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 ...

  2. Cori Fain: New Drug Targets for Cerebral Malaria - Student Research - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

    My thesis work addressed how the immune system contributes to the development of a disease known as cerebral malaria. Malaria is the deadliest infectious ...

  3. Atovaquone and proguanil (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    treat malaria and in children weighing less than 11 kg to prevent malaria. Safety and efficacy have not been established. Geriatric. Appropriate studies ...

  4. Halofantrine (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    It is used to treat malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and ...

  5. Artesunate (intravenous route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Description. Artesunate injection is used to treat severe malaria. This medicine is also used together with other medicines (eg, 8-aminoquinoline medicine) ...

  6. Pretty Parasites With Dr. Pritt, part 5: Bad-news bugs

    The way malaria passes from mosquitoes to people, and from people back to mosquitoes is complicated and kind of nifty. An uninfected mosquito gets infected by ...

  7. Minnesota Partnership Project Increases Accuracy in Malaria Testing - Mayo Clinic News Network

    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.

  8. Artemether and lumefantrine (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    It treats malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. ... However, this medicine is not used to prevent malaria or to treat severe ...

  9. Mosquito bites - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Infected mosquitoes can spread West Nile virus, Zika virus, and the viruses that cause malaria, yellow fever and some types of brain infection. Products ...

  10. Doxycycline (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Doxycycline capsules, delayed-release capsules, delayed-release tablets, and tablets and Acticlate® Cap capsules are also used to prevent malaria and treat ...