Introduction to Malaria and Mild Disease
Dra. Daily
Introduction to Malaria
Learning objectives
22 yo male
Differential dx
Returning traveler
Approach to ddxc
Important points
Food and drinking wate
Consider infections
Incubation period
Diagnostic evaluation
Plasmodium
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Landmarks
1880 discovery
Identification of the vector
Changes
Present epidemiology
Epidemiology
Change
Successes
Policies future goals
Challenges
Five human malarias
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Mosquito stage
Mosquito stage
Liver stage
Merozoites
Transmissable form
Approach Diagnosis
Region of travel
Region of travel
Region of travel
Region of travel
Region of travel
Region of travel
Latency
Morphology
Histological appearance
P falciparum
P falciparum
Parasite niche
P vivax
Why P vivax
Why P vivax
P ovale
P malariae
P knowelsi
Look like
MMWR
Malaria symptoms
Text
Travelers with malaria
A retrospective review
A retrospective review
Comparing adults
Symptoms
Diagnostic approach
="Clinical Diagnosis
WHO Testing
Alternatives to microscopy
RDT Summary
Malaria RDT
Accuracy of Microscopy
What to do
Outcome
Outcome
Differential Diagnosis
Mild disease
Final overview
Case 1
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Case 2
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