Malaria - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Malaria
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Synonyms
Plasmodium infection
Causes
Mosquito bite
Effects
Rigor
Fever
Coagulating toxin
Monocytosis
Splenic response to infection
Parasitic meningitis
Membranous glomerulonephritis
Monospot test positive
Giemsa stain positive
Parents
Protozoan infection
Zoonosis
Children
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium ovale
Treatments
Prophylactic immunisation
Proguanil
Atovaquone
Atovaquone plus proguanil
Artemisinin
Tetracycline
Description
"Cyclical fever: every two days (tertian fever)- P. vivax and P. ovale. every three days (quartan fever) - P. malariae. P. falciparum infection - almost continuous fever"
Type item name:
Sanjay Manohar
2006