The most common strain of malaria, falciparum malaria, must be treated in the hospital since it is considered a medical emergency. The mode of treatment including the type of drugs administered depends on the severity of the disease and the place in which the malaria was contracted. The basic treatment for all strains of malaria (except falciparum) is normally chloroquine, which is administered for 3 days by mouth. Since most falciparum strains are resistant to chloroquine, a combination of tetracycline and quinine is normally used to treat them. Other treatments for falciparum malaria include clindamycin, Lariam, and sulfadoxone drugs (Tran, Odle, & Frey, 2004). In most cases, malaria patients receive antibiotics for a period of seven days while those with serious infections may require intravenous IV malaria treatment and intensive care for the first 3 days.
Future treatment of malaria will incorporate development and use of natural compounds in the fight against the disease. Since most cases of malaria occur in poverty-stricken third world countries, various researches are being carried out on naturally occurring plant extracts to find natural remedies for these areas. For instance, various studies have shown that a combination of flavanoids and arteminisinin compounds that occur in the leaves of Artemisia annua will provide future traditional remedies for malaria (Glover, 2011). Even though there is no malaria vaccine currently, various breakthroughs have been made by scientists. The technicality that is normally experienced during the research for a viable malaria vaccine is due to the complicated life cycle of malaria parasites. However, by 2015, the World Health Organization may approve a new vaccine (RTS, S/AS01) for use....
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...nnot be transmitted offhandedly and directly from one individual to another. The disease is transmitted when a mosquito, specifically a female anopheles species, bites an infected individual then passes the illness on to the next person via the same means. However, there is also a possibility of spreading the disease via infected needles or through transfusion of blood.
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The reasons why Western Cambodia is a big place for drug-resistance are unknown. The falciparith parasite that lies in Cambodia is one of the four types of malaria and is the most deadly. Through a Mosquito, it enters the bloodstream and after 2 weeks of incubating, it multiplies and takes over red blood cells. Because of its ability to evolve and widespread use of the best drug used to fight it, it is becoming drug-resistant. "The population structure of the resistant parasites in the region is 'strikingly different' to other countries." "It is as if there are different ethnic groups of artemisinin-resistant parasites inhabiting in the same region." Increased efforts are needed to prevent the malaria from spreading around the world.
Packard, Randall M. The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 2007. Print.
Malaria is a common infectious disease found mainly in the tropics but in rare circumstances can be found in temperate areas. Depending on the circumstances malaria can be either life threatening cause serious illness.
Malaria is a common disease in a hot tropical area and it affects about 300 million people worldwide. There are four types of parasites that cause malaria in humans. Among the types of species Plasmodium falciparum is most common in Africa region and it can cause deadly form of disease. The Plasmodium vivax which is the second type of species is not life-threatening form of malaria. Plasmodium ovale also causes malaria. The system malaria affect most is the immune system. Malaria undergoes a complex life cycle, which involves two separate asexual reproductive stages in the vertebrate host which include humans and sexual reproduction as well as multiplication in the insect vector of all human.
Malaria is among one of the most prevalent diseases attacking and showing little to no mercy to those who fall victim. This life threatening disease is spread from person to person, proving to be the most challenging especially amongst underdeveloped countries. However, it is one of the largest diseases worldwide. Plasmodium falciparum is a protozoan parasite amongst one of the species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. This lethal infectious disease is transmitted by a parasitic infection spread by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Pregnant women infected by Malaria undergo various other health complications such as inheriting low birthweight is estimated to result in 100,000 infant deaths in Africa. Anemia,
Malaria is a disease that is caused by parasites. It is transferred from one person to another by the infected female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria has been a serious health problem nowadays. WHO has provided the information that approximately 660,000 people died from malaria globally during 2010. Also, after estimating, there are 219 million cases of malaria infection in 2010 worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, being one the country that has the high rate of HIV, AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, had 90% of the people that...
If not treated within 24 hours, P. falciparum malaria can progress to severe illness, often leading to death.
Malaria is a serious, infectious disease spread by certain mosquitoes. It is caused by infection with the Plasmodium genus of the protozoan parasite. More than one hundred species of this parasite exist. It is capable of infecting reptiles, birds, rodents, and primates. Four species infect human beings, the most common being P.vivax and P. falciparum.
To the majority of the population in the United States, malaria feels more like a myth than a threat. Vaccinations and medicine targeting the disease are reserved for the venturesome travelers who dare to enter malaria-endemic regions. Unfortunately, for 3.2 billion people across 106 countries and territories--malaria is a very real threat, and often times fatal. Typically, malaria is found in warmer regions around the equator. However, some areas are hit harder than most. Of the 214 million clinical cases of malaria and 438,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, 88% of the cases and 90% of the deaths were from Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of these deaths could have been easily preventable with modern medicine; but unfortunately, most of those who
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Malaria in humans is caused by four species of protozoa, sophisticated one-celled organisms, that can infect red blood cells. These four species are called Plasmodium falciparum, plasmodium vivax, plasmodium malariae, and plasmodium ovale. The worst cases are caused by the Plasmodium falciparum species, which is also the species with the most resistance to drugs. To contract malaria, a mosquito, but not just any mosquito must bite a human. The only type of mosquito that can infect humans with the malaria virus is the Anopheles mosquito. While there are...
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Malaria is still a principal cause of illness and mortality, with an assessed 19,000 deaths in 2006 (WHO, 2009). In 2007, 38.5% of children below the age of five were positive for malaria parasites in a country widestudy (MISAU-PNCM, 2009).
...at researchers are doing to try to eradicate malaria in underdeveloped countries such as Africa.
Depending on the number of parasites and the type of parasites, the type of malaria can now be determined. Antimalarials with specific infectivity suppressive action such as derivatives of artemisinin and primaquine can be prescribed to reduce malaria transmission at all intensities. For falciparum malaria, which is very lethal, the patient should be referred to a larger facility for aggressive therapy as well as parenteral antimalarials or quinine derivative malaria drugs and supportive care (Bloland & Williams, 2003, p. 57).