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Article: Malaria
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Malaria
What Is Malaria?
How Common Is Malaria?
Is Malaria Contagious?
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Malaria?
How Is Malaria Diagnosed and Treated?
Can Malaria Be Prevented?
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Malaria (mah-LAIR-e-uh) is a disease caused by a parasite that is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
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Anopheles mosquito
Chloroquine Mosquito-borne illness
Plasmodium
Quinine
What Is Malaria?
Malaria, which literally means bad air, was once thought to be spread in the air around stagnant marshes. It is now known that mosquitoes, particularly female
Anopheles
(a-NOH-fel-eez) mosquitoes, spread the ...