The clinical picture of malaria is diverse, ranging from classical febrile illness to severe malaria, which affects various organs and becomes a multisystem organ dysfunction. The kidney is an organ susceptible to damage from the plasmodia by direct pathophysiological mechanisms such as the sequestration...
Which body part does malaria affects the most? Beyond the brain,the lungsare the most affected organ in severe malaria. Lung dysfunction occurs in 20% of all cases of adults with falciparum [3] or vivax [27] severe malaria. What problems does malaria cause for humans? Complications of malar...
Several RBC-related parameters have been shown to play a key role in determining susceptibility toward malaria, one of which is RBC morphology. For instance, the sickle cell trait that affects the shape of RBC and hemoglobin content is known to confer resistance against Plasmodium infection.8,9 ...
too much mango,” (woman, 30s, Manokwari 4) or that rising sap somehow affects vulnerability. Living in a mountainous area, on the coast, or nearby the forest, as well as in areas with plenty of trees and bushes were also noted as increasing risk for malaria. Explaining why babies ...
According to the 2022 World Health Organization [1], malaria is a major socioeconomic and health problem that affects half of the world's population. In the Americas alone, an estimated 20 million people are at high risk of contracting this debilitating disease. Peru's Loreto region, located ...
Malaria affects the lives of almost all people living in the area of Africa defined by the southern fringes of the Sahara Desert. Most people at risk of the disease live in areas of relatively high malaria transmission (Fig. 1.1). Infection is common and occurs with sufficient frequency that...
This occurs when malaria affects different body systems. Severeanemia(due to the destruction of red blood cells) Kidney failure Cerebral malaria --seizures, unconsciousness, abnormal behavior, or confusion Cardiovascular collapse Low blood sugar(in pregnant women after treatment with quinine) ...
This process may initiate a range of host responses that contribute to placental inflammation and dysregulated placental development, which affects placental vasculogenesis, angiogenesis and nutrient transport. Collectively, these result in the impairment of placental functions, affecting fetal development.[...
octopamine stands out as an auditory modulator during swarm time. In-depth analysis of octopamine auditory function shows that it affects the mosquito ear on multiple levels: it modulates the tuning and stiffness of the flagellar sound receiver and controls the erection of antennal fibrillae. We ...
(paroxysms), and then progress to drenching sweats, high fever and exhaustion. Malaria paroxysmal symptoms manifest after the haemolysis ofPlasmodiumspp.-invaded red blood cells. Severe malaria is often fatal, and presents with severe anaemia and various manifestations of multi-organ damage, which ...