World Mosquito Day, perceived every year on August 20, denotes the anniversary of the disclosure that mosquitoes transmit the parasite that causes malaria.
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The theme 2022 is "Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.”
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One more method for observing World Mosquito Day is to invest some energy bringing issues to light on the web. You can share realities about malaria and bring issues to light about the condition so that individuals are familiar the risks.
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World Mosquito Day respects the date when Sir Ronald Ross, a British army surgeon specialist working in India, demonstrated that mosquitoes send malaria by recognizing pigmented intestinal sickness parasites in mosquitoes that benefited from a contaminated patient.
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Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium knowlesi
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The World Health Organization recommends widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.
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Medications. The most common antimalarial drugs include: Chloroquine phosphate. Chloroquine is the preferred treatment for any parasite that is sensitive to the drug.
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Malaria parasites can be identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient's blood, spread out as a “blood smear” on a microscope slide. Prior to examination, the specimen is stained (most often with the Giemsa stain) to give the parasites a distinctive appearance.