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Why is malaria considered a communicable disease?

Why is malaria considered a communicable disease?

Because the malaria parasite is found in the red blood cells of an infected person, malaria can also be transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or the shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with blood.

Last updated on 28 Sep 2023

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What is a Malaria (Malarial Parasite) Test?

Malaria parasites can be identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient's blood, spread out as a blood smear on a microscope slide.

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What causes malaria and how is it contracted?

Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

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How can malaria be considered a waterborne disease?

Malaria is the world's most important parasitic disease transmitted from one person to another through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes, which breed in fresh or occasionally brackish water.

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Is malaria caused by a parasite that lives in mosquitoes?

Malaria is caused by a single-cell parasite called Plasmodium. The parasite infects female mosquitoes when they feed on an infected person's blood. Once in the mosquito's midgut, the parasites multiply and migrate to the salivary glands, ready to infect a new person when the mosquito next bites.

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How does malaria cause jaundice?

Intravascular hemolysis and disseminated coagulation have been the well-known causes of jaundice in patients with malaria. However, malarial hepatitis is turning out to be one of the common reasons for jaundice in patients.

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