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- The malaria parasite life cycle involves two host . During a blood meal, a malaria-infected female Anopheles mosquito inoculates sporozoites into the human host . Sporozoites infect liver cells and mature into schizonts , which rupture and release merozoites .
- Malaria LifecycleMalaria parasites spread by successively infecting two types of hosts which are female Anopheles mosquitoes and humans.
- Malarial infection begins when a person is bitten by an infected female anopheles mosquito and Plasmodium spp (species) parasites in the form of sporozoites are injected into the bloodstream. The sporozoites travel to the liver, multiplying asexually over the next 7–10 days. During this time there are no symptoms.
- Malaria Symptoms - Fever- Flu-Headache- Muscle Aches- Tiredness -Diarrhea
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- Malaria parasites can be identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient's blood , spread out as a “blood smear” on a microscope slide. Prior to examination, the specimen is stained (most often with the Giemsa stain) to give the parasites a distinctive appearance.
- REFFERENCES
- Malaria is treated with prescription drugs to kill the parasite.
- Malaria can often be avoided using the ABCD approach to prevention : - Awareness of risk - Bite prevention - Check whether you need to take malaria prevention tablets- Diagnosis
- 1. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/malaria/prevention/#:~:text=Malaria%20can%20often%20be%20avoided,and%20using%20a%20mosquito%20net.2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/malaria/diagnosis-treatment/drc-203511903.https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/diagnosis.html#:~:text=Malaria%20parasites%20can%20be%20identified,the%20parasites%20a%20distinctive%20appearance.4.https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/faqs.html#:~:text=Symptoms%20of%20malaria%20include%20fever,loss%20of%20red%20blood%20cells.
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