Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by mosquitoes. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, four species of Plasmodium found in Africa and tropical and...
A bite from a female Anopheles mosquito infected with the Plasmodium parasite causes malaria. The parasite invades the liver but then exits to invade and multiply within the red blood cells. Fever, chills, anemia and jaundice develop as the...
Malaria is an illness brought about by an infection from small organisms from the Plasmodium family, including Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. These organisms can cause malaria when they get into the blood and are...
Though bitter, chloroquine has been saving lives since the 1940s. This synthetic medication, usually given by mouth, is white, odorless and water soluble. A 500 mg tablet actually contains about 300 mg of the drug, notes Drugs.com. It was...
Protozoa are one-celled organisms that can cause diseases ranging in severity from mild to deadly. These organisms can be classified as parasitic or free-living. Parasitic protozoa are found in organisms such as ticks, flies and mosquitoes....
Malaria is a parasitic disease consisting of four species of the genus Plasmodium: Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae and P. ovale. Falciparum malaria can cause very severe, life-threatening disease and appropriate, timely treatment is...
The Merck Manual estimates that worldwide, malaria infects between 300 million and 500 million people, killing one to two million annually. Malaria spreads when mosquitoes infected with certain species of the Plasmodium protozoa inject the...
Malaria is a life threatening infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes carrying a Plasmodium parasite. Once inside the human body, the parasite causes infection in the liver and the red blood cells. Medline Plus explains that most of the...
