Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted from one human to
another via the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. The
parasites migrate to the liver, mature and enter the bloodstream,
where they rupture red blood cells. An infected pregnant woman can
transmit malaria to her unborn child.
Review Date: 06/09/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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