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Factsheet for health professionals
Malaria is an acute or subacute infectious disease caused by one of four protozoan species of the genus Plasmodium: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, or P. malariae, mainly transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. Occasionally, transmission occurs by blood transfusion, organ transplantation, needle-sharing, or congenitally from mother to foetus... |
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