Courtney Nickle
November 8, 2009
2:00 p.m
Malaria is a virus caused by mosquitoes when they bite and the bite becomes infected. This viruses effects the liver and red blood cells to the human body. If you are in the area with lots of mosquitoes then you should look out for these symptoms fever, headache, and vomiting. Theses come in affect after being bitten in around ten to fifteen days time. This virus can become life threatening if you don’t not get treated right way since it attacks your central organs. To protect yourself from this virus you could use indoor residual spray, mosquito nets inside and outside if possible, and mosquito body repellent. There is no vaccination for it is going under development to have one for these areas being attacked by Malaria.
Every year more and more people become effected by this virus. Every year there are around three hundred and fifty to five hundred million cases. This virus is more in affect around the Africa around the Sahara, but now it has traveled to Italy and around the Indonesia area. Italy has most medical supplies to keep safe from this virus spreading but in Africa and Indonesia area they are not as well off. Plus without an vaccine to help protect themselves its even more of a problem to keep this virus under control.
http://www.healthmap.org/en
http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria
2 comments:
It is scary to think that something so small can cause a life threatening disease. People need to take more precaution when they are traveling so they do not contract the disease.
When you are already have bitten by a mosquito and feel some changes in your body, you have to a test in your body. You can do it through the use of elisa kit.It can determine anti bodies and diseases in your body.
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