The most common treatment is the use of anti-malarial drugs. These include chloroquine, primaquinine, mefloquine or quinine. These drugs can either reduce temperature or cure the infection. Unfortunately, drug-resistant strains of the pathogen, plasmodium has mutated.
Prevention and control can involve the protection of people directly or the destruction of the mosquito vectors. The aims of the two are to keep incidences of the disease at a minimum within the population.
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