Drugs for the prevention and treatment of malaria
Malaria is a serious disease spread by mosquito bites infected with tiny parasites. The mosquito injects malaria parasites into your bloodstream when it bites you. Malaria is caused by parasites rather than a virus or bacteria. Malaria can cause severe health problems such as seizures, brain damage, difficulty breathing, organ failure, and death if not treated. Malaria is common in hot and humid tropical areas. In 2020, there were 241 million reported cases of malaria worldwide, with 627,000 deaths as a result of the disease. The vast majority of these cases take place in Africa and South Asia. What causes malaria? When a mosquito bites a malaria patient, the mosquito becomes infected. When that mosquito bites someone else, it introduces a parasite into their bloodstream. The parasites multiply there. Malaria parasites can infect humans in five different ways. People who are pregnant and have malaria can pass the disease to their children before or during birth in rare cases. Mal...