Malaria
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Broader Terms
arthropod borne communicable disease, protozoal infection
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Related Terms
emerging infectious disease, Plasmodium
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Scope Note
protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the genus Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae) and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus Anopheles; malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands; characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high fever, sweating, shaking chills, and anemia; malaria in animals is caused by other species of plasmodia.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Malaria is endemic throughout the more populated southern half of the country, with over 90% of the total population at risk of stable endemic malaria.
- Previously extremely widespread, the malaria is now mainly confined to Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- Sierra Leone: 'Malaria is a Problem in Sierra Leone' Dr.
- Malaria is a harmful disease that has great affect worldwide.
- A global problem Malaria is an acute and chronic infectious disease caused by parasites and spread through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.
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