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Tiffany, Thomas and Jeni. Type of Disease Malaria! Usually called Yellow Fever.

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1 Tiffany, Thomas and Jeni

2 Type of Disease Malaria! Usually called Yellow Fever

3 Description of Disease characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating. It is a disease that is caused by a mosquito and then it gets into your blood stream and can cause problems.

4 History of Disease Malaria became recognizable in Greece in the 4 th century BCE. It was responsible for many for the decline if many city-state populations.

5 Symptoms Fever Chills Headache Sweats Fatigue Nausea and vomiting

6 Transmission Malaria transmission most often occurs through the bite of an Anopheles mosquito. No other types of mosquitoes are known to transmit this disease.

7 Cures and Treatments There is medicine that may be used for malaria if the disease is treated early enough.

8 Works Cited "The History of Malaria, an Ancient Disease." Centers for disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 8 Feburary 2010. Web. 22 Feb 2013. "Malaria Cure." MEDTV. eMedTV, 02 Apr 2009. Web. 25 Feb 2013.


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