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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
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      Same principles as Jungle Fever, only in terms of South America/Central America.

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        Malaria meaning & definition 1 of Malaria.

      • Michikoundefined
        Michiko
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        Malaria is infection of red blood cells with one of five species of Plasmodium, a protozoan. Malaria causes fever, chills, sweating, an enlarged spleen, and anemia (due to the breakdown of infected red blood cells).

        Usually, malaria is spread through the bite of an infected female mosquito.
        People have a shaking chill, followed by a fever, and may have a headache, body aches, and nausea and may feel tired.
        One type of malaria causes serious symptoms, such as delirium, confusion, seizures, coma, severe breathing problems, kidney failure, diarrhea, and sometimes death.
        Doctors diagnose the infection by identifying the protozoa in a sample of blood or by doing other blood tests, or both.
        Eliminating mosquito breeding areas, killing larvae in standing water, preventing mosquito bites, and taking preventive drugs before traveling to affected areas can help prevent malaria.
        Various antimalarial drugs are used to treat and to prevent infection (which drug is used depends on the malaria species causing the infection, the likelihood of drug resistance in the area where the infection was acquired, and the drug

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          Malaria meaning & definition 2 of Malaria.

        • Lanellundefined
          Lanell
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          An intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.

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            Malaria meaning & definition 3 of Malaria.

          • PussyCatundefined
            PussyCat
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            a disease that you can get from the bite of a particular type of mosquito (= a small flying insect) . Malaria causes periods of fever and makes you shiver and feel very cold. It is common in many hotter parts of the world.

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              Malaria meaning & definition 4 of Malaria.

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