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    Plasmodium falciparum is a malaria parasite typically transmitted by Anopheles mosquitos. It causes the most severe form of malaria and carries risk of death. Common symptoms include fever, sweating, nausea and abdominal pain which can develop into life-threatening complications like cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, organ failure, anemia, and low blood sugar.

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    Plasmodium falciparum is a malaria parasite typically transmitted by Anopheles mosquitos. It causes the most severe form of malaria and carries risk of death. Common symptoms include fever, sweating, nausea and abdominal pain which can develop into life-threatening complications like cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, organ failure, anemia, and low blood sugar.

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    Plasmodium falciparum is a malaria parasite typically transmitted by Anopheles mosquitos. It causes the most severe form of malaria and carries risk of death. Common symptoms include fever, sweating, nausea and abdominal pain which can develop into life-threatening complications like cerebral malaria, pulmonary edema, organ failure, anemia, and low blood sugar.

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    PLASMODIUM

    FALCIPARUM
    & the disease it causes
    Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum)
    ■ Typically transmitted through an infected Anopheles
    mosquito
    ■ There are four kinds of malaria parasite that infects
    human.
    ■ Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium
    malariae, Plasmodium falciparum.
    ■ Out of the four P. falciparum causes more severe
    disease and the risk of death.
    Common symptoms

    Common
    Complications
    • High Fever
    • Profuse sweating
    • Nausea
    • Abdominal pain
    Life Threatening Complications
    • Chills • Cerebral malaria - a patient's brain
    • Diarrhea blood vessels starts swelling.
    • Vomiting • Pulmonary edema – the
    • Anemia accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
    • Muscle pain • Organ failure such as liver, spleen, or
    • Convulsions
    • Coma kidneys.
    • Bloody stools • Anemia – caused by the destruction
    • Headache of red blood cells
    • Low blood sugar.
    ■ References. https://www.healthline.com/health/malaria#treatment. https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0NHXIE4hbN-
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