virus

Malaria
By Harriet
What is it?

Malaria is a serious and

sometimes fatal disease caused by
a parasite that commonly infects a
certain type of mosquito which
feeds on humans.
It’s is a plasmodium disease
‘Plasmodium falciparum’
 How does it work?
an infected mosquito
bites a human.

NOM

Crazy gal…
 How does it work
The infected blood from
the mosquito has been
transferred over to the
human via the bite

That man
well…. isn’t
That oneok….
isn’t ok either….
Now
But the
blood
wait…
travels
that’s not
to Yayyyyy
the
good
liver…

tUrn ThAt sMiLe

UpSiDe d0wN
Then it goes
through the liver
and into more
BLOOD!
THIS IS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No more erythrocytes *bonk*
How it spreads
The fly. Yeah that guy from earlier….
HAH I fooled you. It’s a different guy.
This one is from Australia (obviously)
Well….. Because he bit the infected person…
he's now infected too…
Sucks to suck I guess..
Uhh… oh no…
Now the newly infected fly can
go on to infect LOADS MORE
PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Symptoms
Symptoms of malaria include (but are not limited to)

fever and flu-like illness

including shaking chills
Headache
muscle aches and tiredness
Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea may also occur. Malaria may cause
yellow colouring of the skin and eyes.
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Prevention
Keeping mosquitoes from biting you, especially at night
Sleeping under bed nets
using insect repellent
long-sleeved clothing if out of doors at night
Treatment

The most common antimalarial drugs include:

Chloroquine phosphate.Chloroquine is the preferred treatment for any parasite

that is sensitive to the drug.
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). ACT is a
combination of two or more drugs that work against the malaria parasite
in different ways. This is usually the preferred treatment for chloroquine-
resistant malaria.