How is malaria transmitted?

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Yellow Fever and Malaria are two different illnesses. There is a vaccine available to prevent Yellow Fever, but not Malaria. A person can get malaria from the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito, primarily between sunset and sunrise. ChaCha!

Answered - 6 days ago at 4:07pm on May 24 2012

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About Malaria

If someone had to describe Malaria in one word, it would be either brutal, or mosquitos. Both would be right. The disease is spread by mosquitos; and a brutal and indiscriminate killer for the last 50,000 years. It has killed world leaders, brought down empires, and decided wars. It plagued American and Japanese troops in the Pacific theater and workers constructing the Panama Canal. Alexander the Great, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Gandhi contracted malaria a few times. Heck, even Anderson Cooper, Chris Mathhews and George Clooney have contracted malaria.

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Yellow fever is a virus transmitted via mosquito to primates. It can cause fever, nausea and pain. It usually goes away after a couple days, but can be followed up with a ''toxic phase'' causing liver damage with jaundice, which gives the disease is name. Jaundice causes patients to have a yellowish skin tone and gives the eyes a yellowish tint. Yellow fever can also cause an increased risk of bleeding, which puts the disease in a category of hemorrhagic fevers.

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About Fever

A fever is defined as a temperature of 1 degree or more above the normal 98.6 F. They can occur due to many different reasons. Some reasons include illness like scarlet fever, swine flu, and even hay fever (if your sinuses become infected). Illness from mosquitoes such as Dengue Fever and Malaria can cause severe fevers.Fevers can be symptoms of many diseases and conditions and are the body's attempt to get rid of toxins in the body. When a fever 'breaks', or goes down, it is often a sign that the disease has been overcome. Fevers can be dangerous if extreme.

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