Jamal-Deen I Tiiba, Peter Uchogu Ahmadu, Alhassan Naamawu, Memunatu Fuseini, Anecham Raymond, Evelyn Osei-Amoah, Peter Claver Bobrtaa, Peter P Bacheyie, Mohammed Adam Abdulai, Issah Alidu, Ahmed Alhassan, Jemilatu G Abdul Hamid, Abukari Yussif, Patricia Terekuu Tayawn, Abigail Asantewaa Sakyi, Titus Naa Yeng, Sanda A Aziz, Abdul-Hafiz Mankana, Wahab Abdulai Husein, Abdul-Kudus W Abdallah, Kpankpari Sylvanus Mwininyaabu, Martin Osei Kuffour, Esther Owusu Boateng, Bernard Owusu-Achiaw, Nkukar John Eyulaku
Malaria is an acute febrile illness. It is a dangerous disease that contributes to millions of hospital visits and hundreds of thousands of deaths, especially in children residing in sub-Saharan Africa. In a non-immune individual, symptoms usually appear 10-15 days after the infective mosquito bite. The first symptoms-fever, headache, and chills-may be mild and difficult to recognize as malaria. If not treated within 24 h, P. falciparum malaria can progress to severe illness, often leading to death...
March 2023: Journal of Parasitic Diseases: Official Organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology