Elder woman being cared for malaria at Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas ( Amazon Tropical Medicine Foundation ), Manaus city, Brazil - malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium - it is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions - the disease results from the multiplication of malaria parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases progressing to coma, and death.

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Location: Manaus city, Amazonas State, north Brazil
Photo credit: © Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos / Alamy / Afripics
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