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Epidemiology
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malaria
symptoms
Malaria begins as a flu-like illness 8-30 days after infection. Symptoms include fever (with or without other indications such asheadache, muscular aches and weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough).
Transmission of malaria is byInoculation via the bite of infected bloodfeeding female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which transfer parasites from human to human.
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Malaria is an acute febrile illness caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles
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Disease outbreak
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definition
is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire continent.
vectors
organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans
athropods such mosquitoes, flies, fleas and lice
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Definition epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems