• malaria

    definition

    Malaria is...

    Infectious disease caused by the single-celled parasite Plasmodium. Plasmodium spreads inside the patient’s red blood cells until they rupture. This causes the typical Malaria symptom of recurrent periodic fever. The Anopheles mosquito transmits the malaria pathogen. The disease is the primary cause of death of children in Africa. To date, a vaccine does not exist.

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