Created by sophietevans
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How does malaria present?
Where do chemoprophylactic drugs block the malarial growth and replication cycle? What do they not do?
How does proguanil prevent malarial disease?
How does chloroquine prevent malarial disease?
How quickly did resistance to proguanil develop?
How quickly did resistance to chloroquine emerge?
Other than resistance of Plasmodium species, what other problems are there with chemoprophylactic drugs which mean that they are unlikely to eradicate malaria?
Why is the population at risk of Plasmodium spp. infection/malarial disease changing?
What gene therapies are being explored to eliminate malaria?
What problems exist with gene therapies being developed to eliminate malaria?
What is the simplest non-pharmaceutical preventive technique to avoid malaria?
What chemical preventive techniques may be applied to mosquito nets or skin to avoid malaria?
What benefits are there to preventive methods such as mosquito nets/fully covering clothing/insect-repellants?
What is true of the socioeconomic status of the areas that malaria is prevalent in?
Is there a vaccine available to protect against malaria?
How long does natural immunity to malaria last if an individual is absent from a malarial area?