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A MOSQUITO BITE CAUSES MALARIA.
• ANOPHELES MOSQUITO IS AN INFECTED MOSQUITO AND IT INJECTS A PARASITE THAT IS CAUSED
PLASMODIUM.
• WHEN IT IS IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM, IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVER.
• AFTER A FEW DAYS, THEY START TO INFECT RED BLOOD CELLS. BLOOD TRANSMITS MALARIA, SO IT
CAN ALSO BE ENTERED INTO THE BODY THROUGH AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT, A TRANSFUSION, AND
USING SYRINGES AND NEEDLES.
• A MOTHER CAN PASS THE DISEASE TO THE BABY AT BIRTH.
• THERE ARE OTHER FORMS OF MALARIA THAT CAN HAVE A HIGHER OR LOWER RISK OF DEATH.
THERE ARE OTHER KINDS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY TYPE FOUND IN HUMANS
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• IN THE US, THERE WERE 1,925 REPORTED CASES OF MALARIA AS OF 2011.
• THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THERE WERE ANYWHERE FROM 300-500 MILLION CASES REPORTED.
• THIS DISEASE CAN BE EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE TERRITORIES OF AFRICA.
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• HTTPS://WWW.HEALTHLINE.COM/HEALTH/MALARIA
• HTTPS://WWW.MEDICINENET.COM/MALARIA_FACTS/ARTICLE.HTM

• HTTPS://WWW.DRUGS.COM/DRUG-CLASS/ANTIMALARIAL-AGENTS.HTM
• HTTPS://WWW.WEBMD.COM/A-TO-Z-GUIDES/TC/MALARIA-MEDICATIONS#1
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