MALARIA

ISABELLA GIBSON, GRACE GIGER, ELIZABETH MITCHELL,

ISABELLA MADONNA
 INTRODUCTION
MALARIA IS A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE THAT OCCURS WHEN AN
INFECTED MOSQUITO BITES A HUMAN BEING. YOU WILL START TO
FEEL VERY SICK, AND YOU WILL NEED SERIOUS HELP RIGHT AWAY.
SOME PEOPLE END UP LOSING THEIR LIFE IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE
HELP IMMEDIATELY. IT IS RARE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT
COMMON IN PLACES LIKE AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
SYMPTOMS

• SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA CAN RANGE FROM AN EVERYDAY HEADACHE TO

A SERIOUS COMA 
• OTHER SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
• CHILLS, FEVER, SWEATING
• ANEMIA
• MUSCLE PAIN
• VOMITING AND NAUSEA
 CAUSES
A MOSQUITO BITE CAUSES MALARIA.
•ANOPHELES MOSQUITO IS AN INFECTED MOSQUITO AND IT INJECTS A PARASITE THAT IS
CAUSED PLASMODIUM.
•WHEN IT IS IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM, IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVER.
•AFTER A FEW DAYS, THEY START TO INFECT RED BLOOD CELLS. BLOOD TRANSMITS
MALARIA, SO IT CAN ALSO BE ENTERED INTO THE BODY THROUGH AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT,
A TRANSFUSION, AND USING SYRINGES AND NEEDLES.
•A MOTHER CAN PASS THE DISEASE TO THE BABY AT BIRTH.
•THERE ARE OTHER FORMS OF MALARIA THAT CAN HAVE A HIGHER OR LOWER RISK OF
DEATH.
TYPES OF MALARIA

THERE ARE OTHER KINDS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY TYPE FOUND IN HUMANS
•FALCOPATUM: FOUND IN TROPICAL AREAS, CONTRIBUTOR OF DEATHS
•VIVAX: FOUND IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA, CAUSES RELAPSE
•OVALE: FOUND IN AFRICA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
•MALARIAE: FOUND WORLDWIDE, CAUSES INFECTION
•KNOWLESI: SOUTHEAST ASIA, CAN PROGRESS FROM MILD TO SEVERE INFECTION
DIAGNOSIS

• YOU SHOULD GET TESTED FOR MALARIA IF YOU ARE FEELING ANY
SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA AFTER VISITING A COUNTRY WHERE THE
MALARIA DISEASE IS COMMON 
• A DOCTOR CAN DIAGNOSE MALARIA THROUGH SYMPTOMS, PHYSICAL
FINDINGS, BUT THE MOST RELIABLE IS GETTING LAB TESTS
• THE BEST LAB TEST IS CALLED BLOOD SMEAR
TREATMENTS

• THERE ARE MANY TREATMENTS FOR MALARIA, BUT IT DEPENDS ON YOUR

AGE, WEIGHT, AND IF YOU ARE PREGNANT. IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT
SPECIES OF THE PARASITE HAD BITE YOU, AND THE AREA YOU WERE
INFECTED. IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM MALARIA, YOU CAN TAKE AN
ANTIMALARIAL. ANTIMALARIAL IS A CERTAIN KIND OF DRUG THAT CAN
TREAT THE ILLNESS.
STATISTICS

• IN THE US, THERE WERE 1,925 REPORTED CASES OF MALARIA AS OF 2011.

• THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THERE WERE ANYWHERE FROM 300-500 MILLION CASES
REPORTED.
•THIS DISEASE CAN BE EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE TERRITORIES
OF AFRICA.
PICTURES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

• HTTPS://WWW.WEBMD.COM/A-TO-Z-GUIDES/TC/MALARIA-TOPIC-OVERVIEW
• WWW.MALARIA.EMEDTV.COM  
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• HTTPS://WWW.DRUGS.COM/DRUG-CLASS/ANTIMALARIAL-AGENTS.HTM
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