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Use profile · Immune, infection & fever

Malaria

A parasitic protozoa infectious disease characterized as a vector-borne infectious disease caused by the presence of protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium in the red blood cells, transmitted from an infected to an uninfected individual by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells and the release of toxic substances by the parasite at the end of each reproductive cycle.

Condition Or SymptomDOID:12365Traditional documentation
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What the index means by Malaria.

The database says that a source associated a plant with the label “Malaria”. It does not show that the source used modern diagnostic criteria or that the plant was effective.

Severe infection signs, persistent high fever, dehydration, confusion or rapid deterioration require medical assessment.

429plant associations for Malaria
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