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

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Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Tropical climates: The types of mosquitos that carry the malarial parasite are quite rare in the continental United States, and are typically found in hot and muggy climates, especially in the rain forest.

Answer 3

4: Plasmodium vivax, malariae, ovale, and falciparum, of which, the latter is the cause of most severe type of malaria.

Answer 4

The exposed ones: Malaria is known as tropical disease as it is more prevalent in the tropical climate. People who are exposed to the anopheles mosquitos, known to transport the pathogen of malaria will be more at risk. It's recently been published that people who were born in malaria endemic areas but moved out of those later and now visiting them again, are, in fact, at the highest risk for malaria.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

8-25 days: The incubation period is usually 8-25 days but sometimes it can be much longer, up to 4 years in one case.

Answer 7

Yes: A recently published study indicated that people who were born in malaria endemic areas but moved out of those eventually and now are revisiting them again, are, in fact, at the highest risk for acquiring malaria. People with sickle cell anemia or sickle cell trait have the lowest susceptibility on the other hand.

Answer 8

Malaria: It's more of a location susceptibility than a person susceptibility. Certain parts of the world have high malaria risk. An excellent website for up to date info is the cdc website, cdc.Gov. When people are in those high risk locations, risk of malaria can be reduced by taking prophylactic medication, wearing long sleeves and pants and socks, and avoiding dawn and dusk outdoors.

Answer 9

Andhra Pradesh: has significant problems wi both vivax malaria & falciparum malaria. Incidence is highest in Vishakhapatnam district, followed by Adilabad, Khammam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari, Krishna districts. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari, etc. Please use appropriate precautions.

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