As endemic malaria is not commonly seen in the United States, most of the cases diagnosed and reported are associated with travel to and from the endemic places of malaria. As the number of imported cases of malaria has been increasing since 1973, it is important to look into these cases to study the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease in the United States. In this study, we wo...

Malaria is a parasitic disease of major global health significance that causes an estimated 2.7 million deaths each year. In this review we describe the burden of malaria and discuss the complicated life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for most of the deaths from the disease, before reviewing the evidence that suggests that a malaria vaccine is an attainable goal. Signi...

• Blood Safety: aims to strengthen capacities of blood transfusion services to ensure that all blood units are collected from healthy, voluntary, unpaid donors. After assessing donor's suitability for blood donation, blood units are screened for transfusiontransmissible infections, including HIV. Only non-reactive units are released for clinical use . The programme also aims to reduce unnecessa...

Malaria is a major health problem in various parts of the world especially affecting the tropical countries. It affects the vital organs causing severe complicated malaria. Clinical syndromes like severe cerebral malaria,anaemia, coagulation abnormalities, respiratory distress and severe anaemia can increase the mortality of malaria infected cases. Variation in individual susceptibility and sev...

Although there are a variety of tools and modalities for diagnosing treating malaria, it is still regarded as one the most common diseases with high mortality morbidity1. Different unusual presentations can be seen in form ARDS, myocarditis, hemophagocytosis2, suspicion should raised to prompt early aggressive antimalarial therapy reduce complications.