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  2. Malaria - Wikipedia

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    608,000 (2022) [5] Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and Anopheles mosquitoes. [6][7][3] Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. [1][8] In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. [1][9] Symptoms usually begin 10 to 15 days after ...

  3. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    Prevalence of malaria in 2009. A. aegypti only and dengue distribution in 2006. Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses each year, resulting in more than a million deaths.

  4. Plasmodium falciparum - Wikipedia

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    Haemosporidium vigesimotertianae Lewkowicz, 1897. Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. [2] The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito and causes the disease's most dangerous form, falciparum malaria.

  5. 'American Malaria' Is on the Rise - AOL

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    The disease is colloquially known as “American malaria,” partly because of its ever-widening spread and partly because of its clinical profile. Like malaria, the disease is caused by a ...

  6. UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it ... - AOL

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    The World Health Organization authorized a second malaria vaccine on Monday, a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world's first shot against ...

  7. Plasmodium malariae - Wikipedia

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    Plasmodium rodhaini Brumpt, 1939. Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection.

  8. Nine new African countries to receive millions of malaria ...

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    Malaria remains one of the continent's deadliest diseases, killing nearly half a million children each year under the age of five. In 2021, Africa accounted for about 95% of global malaria cases ...

  9. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Erythromycin can be used in children, and tetracycline in adults. No. usually Candida albicans and other Candida species. Candidiasis (Moniliasis; Thrush) oral candidiasis, the person's mouth for white patches and irritation. vaginal candidiasis, vaginal itching or soreness, pain during sexual intercourse.