1. Malaria Ms. Belton October 2014

2. What is Malaria?  Parasitic Disease  Plasmodium vivax  Plasmodium ovale  Plasmodium falciparum  Plasmodium malariae  Spread by female mosquitoes  Anopheles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti

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4. Symptoms of Malaria  High fever  Shaking chills  Flu-like

5. Medicine Is there a vaccine?  No licensed vaccine Is there a cure?  Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)  Quinine  (Antimalarial drug resistance)

6. Malaria Facts  ½ of the world is at risk  Mostly Africa  China, 2700 BCE- 340 CE  The Panama Canal (1905-1910)  Malaria eliminated in US in 1951

7. Global Impact of Malaria www.bit.ly/1t9XFn1

8. Malaria Effects on Health Short Term  Pre-mature delivery of infants  Flu-like experience  Malaise  weakness Long Term  Neurologic defects  Anemia  Kidney disease (P. malariae)  Ruptured spleen (P. vivax)

9. Social Implications of Malaria  1500-2000 new cases in the US each year  627,000 deaths / year  91% of deaths in Africa  Most deaths are children

10. Prevent Malaria  Control mosquito populations  Destroy breeding habitats  Tires  Buckets  Stagnant ponds  Limit contact with mosquitoes  Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs)  Indoor residual spraying (IRS)  Antimalaria medicine

11. Works Cited  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs09 4/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs09 4/en/  http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/ind ex.html http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/ind ex.html