Thursday, July 1, 2010

THE CURRENT TREND ON MALARIA.

CASE DEFINITION: Malaria is a parasitic disease that is cause by a parasite known as Plasmodium which is caused by the bite of infected female anopheles mosquitoes.

TYPES OF PLASMODIUM PARASITES:
1. Plasmodium falciparum(more common in africa)
2. Plasmodium vivax(rare)
3. Plasmodium ovale and
4. Plasmodium malariea.