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Which virus causes malaria?

Which virus causes malaria?

Plasmodium falciparum is the type of malaria that most often causes severe and life-threatening malaria

Last updated on 28 Sep 2023

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Can malaria symptoms come back every year?

Malaria may recur. Some varieties of the malaria parasite, which typically cause milder forms of the disease, can persist for years and cause relapses.

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How does malaria spread?

Malaria is spread by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria may also be spread by transfusion of blood from infected people or by the use of contaminated needles or syringes.

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Can malaria be cured without an injection?

Yes, however, one needs anti-malarial prescribed drugs so that one can prevent severe malaria.

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What causes malaria and how is it contracted?

Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

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Is malaria caused by a parasite that lives in mosquitoes?

Malaria is caused by a single-cell parasite called Plasmodium. The parasite infects female mosquitoes when they feed on an infected person's blood. Once in the mosquito's midgut, the parasites multiply and migrate to the salivary glands, ready to infect a new person when the mosquito next bites.

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PERIPHERAL SMEAR FOR MALARIAL PARASITE (MP)

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