What are the types of malaria found in PNG?

Trevor
19/01/2013

Check with your medical practioner or other trained professional.  The answer below may be outdated.

There are four types of malaria found in the world that can affect humans but only three types are found in PNG

1 - falciparum malaria

2 - vivax malaria
and
the third species of malaria found in PNG is called malariae malaria (P. malariae) - It is basically like vivax but without vivax's persistent liver stage.

(Thanks to Dr John Mackerell for this item)

Tags: falciparum malaria, malariae malaria (P. malariae), vivax malaria
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