What is Malaria? How Does the Malaria Rapid Test Kit Work?
What is Malaria? How Does the Malaria Rapid Test Kit Work? Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria continues to threaten billions of people around the world every year. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. While more than 200 types of Plasmodium have been discovered, only five […]
How Is Malaria Detected?
How Is Malaria Detected? As a serious and potentially life-threatening disease that is still affecting millions of people around the world, the prompt and accurate diagnosis of malaria remains critical for the reduction of disease transmission and the prevention of associated mortality or morbidity. With the introduction of novel diagnostic devices utilizing different methods, diagnostic […]
What is Malaria?
What is Malaria? Malaria is a serious mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, which transmit to people through the bites of infective female Anopheles mosquitoes. The mosquito transmission cycle of malaria begins with the release of immature forms of the plasmodium, or sporozoites, into the bitten person’s bloodstream through the saliva of infective mosquitoes. After plasmodium enters the […]
