Diseases are unfortunately common associates on the road. Our series want to introduce the most common diseases. Today we start with malaria (or marsh fewer).
Symptoms: Fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea may also occur. Malaria may cause anaemia and jaundice (yellow colouring of the skin and eyes). Infection may cause kidney failure, seizures, mental confusion, coma, and death. For most people, symptoms begin 10 days to 4 weeks after infection, although a person may feel ill as early as 8 days or up to 1 year later.
Risk: Female mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus are the primary hosts of the parasites of the genus Plasmodium.
Occurrence: Tropical and subtropical regions, including much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas. See the CDC Malaria Map Application.
Help: You cannot be vaccinated against malaria. You can take anti-malaria tablets (e.g. Malarone). Read The ABCD of Malaria Treatment.
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