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Malaria is a protozoan disease transmitted by Anopheline mosquitoes. It is extremely widespread in tropical climates and is still thought to account for over a million deaths per year in children under the age of four in Africa alone. More than any other disease, it is liable to be seen in non-endemic areas as a result of air travel. In hyperendemic areas, Plasmodium falciparum repeatedly reinfects virtually all children. As they become older resistance gradually increases, until by adolescence they may have no detectable parasites in the blood. The changes in the liver are identical in all forms of malaria, although they tend to be more severe in P. falciparum infection.
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Wight, D.G.D. (1993). Parasitic Infestations. In: Atlas of Liver Pathology. Current Histopathology, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2212-2_6
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