Malaria
Question 1: What is Malaria?
Answer:
Malaria is a parasite, mainly P. falciparum infectious disease that occurred because of the bite of a mosquito.
Question 2: Is Malaria a virus infection?
Answer:
Malaria is not a virus or bacterial infection. It is a parasitic infection caused by the P. Falciparum parasite.
Question 3: Can I get malaria without a mosquito bite?
Answer:
Mostly malaria occurred by the bite of mosquitoes. In a rare case, malaria is caused by the infected blood transfusion or transfer to fetus from placenta of the infected mother.
Question 4: What are the symptoms of Malaria?
Answer:
The following are the symptoms of malaria:
- High fever and chills
- Body aches
- Vomiting
- Breathing problems
Malaria
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by an infected mosquito with a parasite, a bite of an infected mosquito, that harms both humans and animals. Malaria can become fatal, sometimes in hot areas like Africa.
When infected mosquito bites, parasites invade the bloodstream of animals. Malaria is a parasitic disease not caused by bacteria or viruses. If proper treatment is not provided, then serious help problems can be evolved. Like seizures, brain damage, organ failure, and in some cases death of the person.
Anyone can get infected by malaria, but people who live in high temperatures like in Africa at high risk of infection. Young children, old age person, and pregnant women have a high chance of getting the infection and which is fatal for them. All over the world, 90% of the mortality rate is in Africa. Most of the person die due to malaria are younger children.