PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA

Course overview

MALARIA IS A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL HEALTH PROBLEM WITH A SUBSTANTIAL DISEASE BURDEN WORLDWIDE. IN 2017 THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 219 MILLION CASES OF MALARIA RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 435000 DEATHS, THE MAJORITY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT (WHO WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2018). MALARIA RESULTS FROM INFECTION WITH SINGLE-CELLED PARASITES BELONGING TO THE PLASMODIUM GENUS. FIVE SPECIES OF PLASMODIUM ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE DISEASE IN HUMANS: P. FALCIPARUM, P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. MALARIAE, AND P. KNOWLESI. GLOBALLY, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM VIVAX ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF CASES OF MALARIA. TIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PRESENTATION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MALARIA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.