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Rev Med Cos Cen 2009; 66 (587)

Malaria

Arias AA, Soto BMA

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 89-93
PDF size: 226.02 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The malaria is known as paludismo. It is an infectioned sickness all over the world, it has been present for many years. It is caused by parasitic protozoans in the red blood cells, and it is tramsmited by the bite of an anofheles mosquito whichhas bitten an infected person. This is an endemic in tropical and poor countries. It has been observed during the time an increasing of malaria in the population related to an increasing of drugs resistence antimalarics. Therefore malaria is considered as a heath public problem.


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