MalariaMs. BeltonOctober 2014

What is Malaria?Parasitic Disease

Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium malariae

Spread by female mosquitoes Anopheles

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Symptoms of MalariaHigh fever

Shaking chills

Flu-like

Medicine

Is there a vaccine? No licensed vaccine

Is there a cure? Artemisinin-based

combination therapy (ACT)

Quinine

(Antimalarial drug resistance)

Malaria Facts½ of the world is at risk

Mostly Africa

China, 2700 BCE- 340 CE

The Panama Canal (1905-1910)

Malaria eliminated in US in 1951

Global Impact of Malaria

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Malaria Effects on Health

Short Term Pre-mature delivery of

infants

Flu-like experience

Malaise

weakness

Long Term Neurologic defects

Anemia

Kidney disease (P. malariae)

Ruptured spleen (P. vivax)

Social Implications of Malaria1500-2000 new cases in the US each year

627,000 deaths / year

91% of deaths in Africa

Most deaths are children

Prevent MalariaControl mosquito populations

Destroy breeding habitats Tires Buckets Stagnant ponds

Limit contact with mosquitoes Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) Indoor residual spraying (IRS)

Antimalaria medicine

Works Citedhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs0

94/en/

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/index.html