Malaria: Case Study

Found in the tropics

Africa, Asia and S. America

high temperatures between 15 and 40 Celsius

stagnant water

padi fields

reservoirs

tin cans

Mosquito

female anopheles

vector

malarial parasite

Bite with probiscus

parasite injected

attacts red blood cells

can be spread in utero

control

insecticides

Malathion

drugs

primary health care

education

drain breeding grounds

mosquito nets

attack larvae

fish

problems

ineffective

climate

poverty

immunity

expensive

quinine

DDT