Question 1

how long does it take after the bite of an infected mosquito, for someone to feel the effects of malaria?

Accepted Answer

1 week to few months: Malaria symptoms show up a week to a few months after being infected by a mosquito bite. Fevers, chills, fatigue, swelling of the spleen, etc... Usually occur. With medical treatment, the symptoms should go away in a couple of weeks. However, without treatment, and depending on the strain of malaria parasite, an infected person can have symptoms for a few years, up to a few decades.

Question 2

can you get malaria from blood of infected person?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes.  Although rare in the US, it is quite common in some other parts of the world.

Question 3

where am i more likely to be bitten by a malaria infected mosquito?

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Cdc.gov has...: ...A travel medicine section that lists all endemic aread for malaria and other travel-related diseases.

Question 4

if you get malaria infected blood on your wounded finger can you become infected?

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Possibly: This is not likely, but certainly conceivable.  The plasmodium is present in red blood cells and some forms free in the blood.  Transmission through blood transfusion is well documented, and therefore blood into open wounds may due the same, but significantly less likely.

Question 5

how does malaria infect the body?

Accepted Answer

From mosquito bites: Malaria symptoms show up a week to a few months after being infected by a mosquito bite. Fevers, fatigue, swelling of the spleen, etc... Usually occur. With medical treatment, the symptoms should go away in a couple of weeks. However, without treatment, and depending on the strain of malaria parasite, an infected person can have symptoms for a few years, up to a few decades.

Question 6

can malaria infect by unborn child?

Accepted Answer

Yes but low risk: The rate of infection during pregnancy depends on many factors, but remains low. It is about 1% in moms who have developed anti-malaria antibodies and about 10% in those that have not. However, i would be more concerned about the health of the baby as the parasite may pack the placenta and reduce oxygen delivered to the baby. Seek care from a ob/gyn who has experience with high risk pregnancies.

Question 7

what does it mean to be malaria antibody positive and can it infect other person through sexual contact?

Accepted Answer

Not transmitted by: Sex.  Malaria is not transmitted through sex. Presence of antibody may provide partial immunity to infection.

Question 8

what is malaria cure?

Accepted Answer

Treatment options: Malaria treatment depends on the type of parasite (four types), the country/location, knowledge of the local drug-resistance, and how sick the person is from the infection. Drugs commonly used to treat malaria include   artemether-lumefantrine,  mefloquine, atovaquone-proguanil, chloroquine, quinine, quinidine, Doxycycline (used with quinine), Clindamycin (used with quinine). If concerned, see md.

Question 9

how dangerous is malaria?

Accepted Answer

It is sometimes: fatal. Plasmodium falciparum can be especially dangerous.

Question 10

how could you get malaria?

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Mosquito bite: A bite from an infected anophele mosquito can transmit one of the plasmodia ( malariae, vivax or ovale) that cause malaria in to your blood stream, malaria may also be transmitted from needle sharing from infected drug users, blood transfusion  infected by malaria, solid organ transplant from infected donors.

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