Malaria

By: María Morente and Javier Naranjo.

1. What is malaria?2. How is malaria transmitted?3. Which are the symptoms caused by Malaria?4. How to prevent Malaria?5. Where do we find Malaria?6. How can we cure malaria?

What is Malaria?• Malaria is a disease caused by the Plasmodium

parasite, which is transmitted through infected mosquito bites. Once in the body, the parasite multiplies in the liver before infecting red blood cells.

How is Malaria transmitted?• Malaria is transmitted by the female Anopheles

mosquito, which is infected after biting an infected person

• As malaria parasite is found in red blood cells, it can also be transmitted through organ transplant, blood transfusion and sharing of needles and syringes.

Which are the symptoms caused by Malaria?

• Malarial symptoms include headache, muscle pain, tiredness, chills, fever, tiredness, diarrhea, vomiting and nausea. Sometimes, the loss of red blood cells may also lead to anemia and jaundice.

How to prevent Malaria

• People try to prevent getting Malaria by putting up bed nets so that the mosquitoes can't bite them during the night.

Where do we find Malaria?

How can we cure or avoid the Malaria?

• Using antimalarial drugs and medications.• Sometimes, people have to be monitored in the intensive

care unit of a hospital in the first few days of treatment.• In case of pregnant women, chloroquine is usually used for

treating malaria.• Vaccine.

Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria• www.smeds.org• www.hdmicablescheap.net