What you need to know about Malaria
Malaria is a fatal disease, which could be life-threatening if it's not properly handled. Malaria is known to be a serious and life-threatening disease transmitted through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. The infected mosquito releases plasmodium parasite into your bloodstream when it bites you. The symptoms of Malaria can start 7 days one has been bitten by the female Anopheles mosquito, or 3 months later. Sometimes the symptoms can show up a year after. Only a bite from an infected mosquito is sufficient in transmitting malaria. The varieties of Plasmodium that transmit malaria are Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium Malariae. Those who contact the more severe form of malaria usually transmitted by the Plasmodium falciparum are at a higher risk of death. Malaria can also be transmitted through organ transplant, shared needles and syringes and also a transfusion because it is blood transmitted. The common symptoms of...