Malaria is an infectious disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite that lives and reproduces in human red blood cells. This naturally transmitted through bite of a female Anopheles mosquito. Manifestation malaria elimination program using Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) method, prevention transmission LLIN (Long Lasting Insecticidal Net) mosquito nets, Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS). The ...

Malaria is a vector-borne diseases caused by parasite of genus Plasmodium and transmitted via bite mosquitoes. Although the number malaria cases has been reduced, an outbreak still happens, which causes deaths particularly in children. In this paper, mathematical models absence presence awareness programs vector controls have formulated studied. The qualitative analysis model conducted. A globa...

Since 1963, reported malaria transmission in Haiti has been restricted to Plasmodium falciparum. However, screening of Haitian refugees in Jamaica in 2004, by microscopic examination, identified P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae. PCR confirmed the P. malariae and P. falciparum but not P. vivax infections. DNA sequencing and rRNA gene sequences showed transmission of P. malariae. This rep...

Probing mosquitoes salivate before ingesting blood, and malaria sporozoites are transmitted during this phase of feeding. Large and small Aedes aegypti infected with Plasmodium gallinaceum were allowed to probe briefly on a series of 3 naive chicks. Large mosquitoes were more infective overall, but there was no difference in the ability of either size class to infect the first host. Large mosqu...

BACKGROUND Malaria and helminth infections are thought to negatively affect children's nutritional status and to impair their physical and cognitive development. Yet, the current evidence-base is weak. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of deworming against soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis on children's physical fitness, cognition and clinical parameters in ...

BACKGROUND Muleba district in North-western Tanzania has experienced malaria epidemics in recent years. Community knowledge, attitudes and practices are important in enhancing disease control interventions. This study investigated determinants of malaria epidemics in the study area in relation to household knowledge, attitudes and practice on malaria. METHODS A community based cross-sectional...

Malaria is a disease caused by parasites from genus Plasmodium , a member of the Apicomplexan family. Apicomplexans are unique in that they are the only fully parasitic large clade on the tree of life. It is thought that every type of mammal, bird, and reptile is parasitized by at least one species of Plasmodium (Morrison 2009 ) . Five Plasmodium species infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum , P...

When I was a student of medicine, we were taught that malaria was not an infectious disease—i.e., not transmissible from person to person—and that it was originated by inhaling bad air. It was regarded as the type of the miasmatic as contrasted with the contagious diseases. What a change has taken place since then! Now we know that malaria can be transmitted when one injects the blood of a mala...