Malaria
Malaria: Introduction
Malaria: A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
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causes, and treatments of Malaria is available below.
Symptoms of Malaria
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Malaria: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Malaria
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Medical Textbooks Online about Malaria
Medical Books Excerpts
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- "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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- FEVER
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Fever
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Malaria
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Lassa fever
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Fever
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Fever
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Fever
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Fever
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- FEVER
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult" (2008)
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Diagnostic Tests for Malaria
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Causes of Malaria
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causes of Malaria
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Treatments for Malaria
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treatments for Malaria
Latest Treatments for Malaria
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latest treatments for Malaria
News Archives for Malaria
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Prognosis for Malaria
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Reseach about Malaria
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Clinical Trials for Malaria
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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Clinical Trials for Malaria
Prevention of Malaria
Prevention information for Malaria has been compiled from various data sources
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None of these methods guarantee prevention of Malaria.
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Statistics for Malaria
Malaria: Broader Related Topics
Types of Malaria
Types of Malaria
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Types of Malaria
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Definitions of Malaria:
Protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the genus Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae) and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus Anopheles; malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands; characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high fever, sweating, shaking chills, and anemia; malaria in animals is caused by other species of plasmodia.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Malaria is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Malaria, or a subtype of Malaria,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Malaria as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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