1. Malaria
Basic and Clinical Aspects to Medical Approach
Alexandre Naime Barbosa MD, PhD
Infectious Diseases Professor
Winter School on Tropical Diseases
Botucatu School of Medicine - UNESP
2018 - Botucatu - SP - Brazil

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3. Malaria
1. Basics Aspects
2. Clinical Forms
3. Diagnostic Tolls
4. Therapeutic Choices

4. Malaria
Fortaleza, C - 2017
Intracelular parasites of erythrocytes
Arthropod-borne diseases

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Parasite:
Plasmodium spp.

7. Malaria
Anopheles spp., the vector of malaria

8. Malaria - Plasmodium life cycle

9. Malaria - Mild to Moderate Forms
Fortaleza, C - 2017
• Fever
• Headache
• Muscle pain and arthralgia
• Rigors
• May have a 2 or 3 day cycle (and may not).

10. Malaria - Severe Form

11. Malaria - Severe Form

12. Malaria - Diagnostic Methods

13. Malaria - Diagnostic Tools
Thick smear

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Vivax: Chloroquine + Primaquine
Falciparum:
Artemeter + lumefantrine or
Artesunate + mefloquine, both + primaquine

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Fortaleza, C - 2017
Prevention
• Avoid exposition
• Chemoprophylaxis: for remote areas.
• No effective vaccine presently.

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19. Thank you for your attention!
SAE de Infectologia HC UNESP Botucatu Faculdade de Medicina UNESP