Malaria by https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z Brief introduction to Malaria en-us 2018-07-09 17:48:07 UTC 2024-07-15 13:07:51 UTC hello@padlet.com nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269764110 2018-07-09 18:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269764110 What is it? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269765520 2018-07-09 18:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269765520 Mal = BAD Aria = AIR nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269765714
  • Life threatening protozoal disease
  • Caused by plasmodium parasite
  • Carried by the female anopheles mosquito
  • 216 million cases in 2016
  • 445,000 deaths in 2015
  • 90% cases in WHO African Region
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 18:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269765714     Who is at risk? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269766906 2018-07-09 18:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269766906 Almost 1/2 of the worlds population! nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269766949
  • 91 countries with active transmission in 2016
  • Most at risk: 
    • Children >5 years old
    • Pregnant women
    • Patients with HIV/AIDS
    • Travelers
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 18:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269766949     What are the symptoms? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768247 2018-07-09 19:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768247 Acute febrile illness nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768316
  • 10-15 days after mosquito bite
  • Starts as fever, headache, chills
  • Fatigue, altered mental status, paleness, respiratory distress
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 19:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768316     How is it prevented? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768805 2018-07-09 19:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768805 Mosquito control nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768862
  • Mosquito nets
  • Indoor Spraying
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 19:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269768862     Anti-malarial drugs nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269769201
  • Atovaquone/Proguanil
  • Chloroquine
  • Doxycycline
  • Mefloquine
  • Primaquine
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 19:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269769201     How is it treated? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269772057 2018-07-09 20:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269772057 nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269772331
  • Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)
    • artemether + lumefantrine
    • artesunate + amodiaquine
    • artesunate + mefloquine
    • dyhydroartemisinin + piperaquine
    • artesunate + sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
    • ]]>     2018-07-09 20:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269772331     nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269774971                                               http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria
    http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/162441/9789241549127_eng.pdf;jsessionid=EF14F4BD2211FBE0B024AA1688B9E0A1?sequence=1]]>     2018-07-09 20:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269774971     How can you diagnose it? nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269775450 2018-07-09 21:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269775450 nrdavis19 https://padlet.com/nrdavis19/z5n8y3evmb2z/wish/269775915 Parasitological diagnosis
    • Light microscopy
    • Immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic tests (RDT's)
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