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Many communicable diseases are prevalent throughout the world today. The most significant tropical parasitic disease is Malaria. Malaria which means, bad air, is an infectious disease caused by single-celled parasites of the genus Plasmodium. There are four species of this parasite that can cause human malaria. Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium ovale are the instigators of this infection. Malaria is transmitted from person to person by the bite of female mosquitoes of …

…vivax and Plasmodium ovale infections, can remain dormant in the liver for three months to five years. Malaria can be prevented in many ways. The first way in which one can protect himself from malaria is by taking drugs of Chemoprophylaxis. These drugs require one to take them before during, and after travel to endemic areas. Prophylaxis must be continued for four weeks after leaving a malaria-stricken area. Many mosquitoes develop resistance to these drugs