Comments on: But they don’t get Malaria in Finland! http://www.nickread.co.uk/notebook/2010/04/but-they-dont-get-malaria-in-finland/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: A Alexander http://www.nickread.co.uk/notebook/2010/04/but-they-dont-get-malaria-in-finland/#comment-830 A Alexander Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:35:56 +0000 http://www.nickread.co.uk/?p=1052#comment-830 A good website. It is important to make people aware of the existence of malaria. You may find www.eradication-of-malaria.com both interesting and surprising. A good website. It is important to make people aware of the existence of malaria.

You may find http://www.eradication-of-malaria.com both interesting and surprising.

]]> By: Wallace http://www.nickread.co.uk/notebook/2010/04/but-they-dont-get-malaria-in-finland/#comment-731 Wallace Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:59:39 +0000 http://www.nickread.co.uk/?p=1052#comment-731 A nasty beast, P.vivax. Certainly not the first thing one thinks of on holiday in Finland but the parasite used to be common even in many of the colder parts of Europe. For your readers, the moral of this story is, if they feel unwell and feverish, they should tell their doctor to which exotic countries they have travelled in the past few years so that malaria can be considered as a possible diagnosis and the correct treatment given. This is even more urgent if they have been in Africa or other places where the potentially lethal malignant tertian parasite, P.falciparum, is present. Untreated, it can develop rapidly and kill within days. A nasty beast, P.vivax. Certainly not the first thing one thinks of on holiday in Finland but the parasite used to be common even in many of the colder parts of Europe. For your readers, the moral of this story is, if they feel unwell and feverish, they should tell their doctor to which exotic countries they have travelled in the past few years so that malaria can be considered as a possible diagnosis and the correct treatment given. This is even more urgent if they have been in Africa or other places where the potentially lethal malignant tertian parasite, P.falciparum, is present. Untreated, it can develop rapidly and kill within days.

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