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Malaria
	Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite. It is the world's number one parasitic killer affecting some 2 million people every year and in areas of rural Africa, one in twenty children under the age of five are killed by this parasitic infection. The malaria parasite must grow in the mosquito for a week or more before infection can be passed to another person. After a week or more, the mosquito can infect another person. Blood will be put onto a microscope slide and stained so that the parasites will be visible under a microscope. Treatment & Prevention Infection with one type of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, if not promptly treated, may cause kidney failure, seizures, mental confusion, coma, and death. How can malaria be prevented? Visit your health care provider 4-6 weeks before foreign travel for any necessary vaccinations and a prescription for an antimalarial drug. Take your antimalarial drug exactly on schedule without missing doses. Prevent mosquito and other insect bites. Use DEET insect repellent on exposed skin and flying insect spray in the room where you sleep. Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts, especially from dusk to dawn. This is the time when mosquitoes that spread malaria bite. Sleep under a mosquito bednet that has been dipped in permethrin insecticide if you are not living in screened or air-conditioned housing.
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