maleria in ethiopia Flashcards
1
Q
type of disease?
A
infectious
2
Q
how is it spread?
A
pathogen spread by disease vectors such as mosquitos
3
Q
how is it transmitted?
A
bite of anophles mosquito or by a conntamited needle
4
Q
annual infections
A
350-500 million
5
Q
annual deaths
A
1 million
6
Q
2018 cases
A
228 million
7
Q
most vunreble
A
children under 5
8
Q
total funding
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$2.7 billion
9
Q
geographical distrbution?
A
sourthen hemisphere
highly transmitted in centrel africa and northen half of sourthen america
due to humidity
10
Q
explnation for global distrbution?
A
maleria is distrbuted based on the climate
anomley = no maleria in south africa, sourthen south america and australia. thsi suggests that because thease areas can be classed as AC’s
