Question 1

What is a Malaria (Malarial Parasite) Test?

Accepted Answer

Malaria parasites can be identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient's blood, spread out as a blood smear on a microscope slide.

Question 2

Which one causes malaria, mosquito or virus?

Accepted Answer

Malaria is caused by parasites, not by a virus or by a type of bacterium.

Question 3

What does it feel like to be infected with malaria?

Accepted Answer

You may experience fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur.

Question 4

Can malaria cause blindness?

Accepted Answer

Research is suggestive that neurologic defects may occasionally persist following cerebral malaria, especially in children. Such defects include trouble with movements (ataxia), palsies, speech difficulties, deafness, and blindness.

Question 5

What causes malaria and how is it contracted?

Accepted Answer

Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

Question 6

What are the symptoms of malaria?

Accepted Answer

The primary symptoms of malaria include fever and flu like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.

What is a Malaria (Malarial Parasite) Test?

What is a Malaria (Malarial Parasite) Test?

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