A brief review on Malaria Disease (Causes, Treatment, Diagnosis)

Fatema Mahmood Jawad, Ibraheem Alasadi

Abstract


Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. The human malaria parasite has a complex life cycle that requires both a human host and an insect host. In Anopheles mosquitoes, Plasmodium reproduces sexually (by merging the parasite’s sex cells).

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Infection; Plasmodium; Malaria

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