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How long does it take the symptoms of malaria to show up?
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Quickly: Often within hours after the mosquito injects plasmodia into you, fever and chills and diffuse muscle aches and malaise may develop, depending upon the species with which you are infected.
Answered 5/17/2012
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10 to14 days after: The symptoms usually will show up after 10 to 14 days after you were biten and infected with the parasite
Answered 5/8/2015
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