Malaria

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/malaria

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the parasite genera?Plasmodium
2. What is the estimated global cases (2022)?249 million
3. What causes malaria?Malaria is caused by tiny parasites called Plasmodium. Five species can infect humans, and the most dangerous one is P. falciparum.
4. How does malaria spread?A female Anopheles mosquito bites a person and carries the parasite. The mosquito then spreads it to other people when it bites again.

Vector: An organism, typically an insect, that transmits a disease or parasite from one host to another.
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs): A highly effective class of drugs used to treat malaria, combining artemisinin with another antimalarial drug.
Hypnozoite: A dormant stage of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale) in the liver that can cause relapsing malaria.