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Drugs for the prevention and treatment of malaria

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  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...

HOW EFFECTIVE IS MALARONE

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Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is luckily preventable. This disease is known to affect tropical and subtropical areas. Various countries are prone to having malarial affinity. Also, furthermore, the risk is affected by seasonality, the specific itinerary and other unplanned occurrences. For instance, there are over 10 000 cases of travel-associated malaria recorded annually. Most of these cases occur in travellers that did not adhere to travel vaccinations and other protective protocols put in place by the concerned authorities.    Long-term travellers also pose a greater challenge regarding malaria chemoprophylaxis. This is not limited to their longer exposure but is also admixed with other special activities like that pg working outdoors in highly endemic areas where there's a stark difference in the living conditions.   Drugs that are effective to combat malaria.   Through multiple types of research, multiple usages it has been concluded that at...