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Malaria
Contents
1 History
2 Distribution and impact
2.1 Socio-economic effects
3 Symptoms
4 Causes
4.1 Malaria parasites
5 Mosquito vectors and the Plasmodium life cycle
6 Pathogenesis
7 Evolutionary pressure of malaria on human genes
7.1 Sickle-cell disease
7.2 Thalassaemias
7.3 Duffy antigens
7.4 G6PD
7.5 HLA and interleukin-4
8 Diagnosis
9 Treatment
9.1 Antimalarial drugs
9.2 Counterfeit drugs
10 Prevention and disease control
10.1 Prophylactic drugs
10.2 Indoor residual spraying
10.3 Mosquito nets and bedclothes
10.4 Vaccination
10.5 Other methods
11 Policy implementation and access to anti-malarial
drugs in developing
countries
12 References
13 External links
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