People infected with Dengue can be asymptomatic, experiencing no signs or symptoms of a dengue infection. When symptoms do occur, they may be mistaken for other illnesses — such as the flu — and these symptoms usually begin 4 to 10 days after you are bitten by an infected mosquito. However, this should not be…
Running a Fever – Dengue Fever (Part 1)
People all over in the world are at risk each year to Dengue Fever. It is by far the most important mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans worldwide; tens of millions of cases occur each year resulting in approximately 20,000-25,000 deaths mainly in children. There is currently no vaccine available for dengue. This mosquito-borne viral disea…
Lets Protect Ourselves from Malaria! – Part III
The Mosquito carrying Malaria bites at dawn and dusk – either early hours of the morning or when sun sets from 4pm onwards. Therefore it wise to keep your body covered and protected from getting mosquito bites at these times. As advised, Malaria is endemic. Living in places like PNG and especially in Port Moresby…
The Mutation of Malaria and Its Complications – Part II
Malaria infections are fatal. They can affect everyone from unborn babies, children, men and women. Malaria and Pregnancy The risk of Malaria affecting pregnancy and pregnant mothers are high and can lead to aborting of pregnancy, still birth or even early or premature delivery if the mother is in late stages of pregnancy. That is…
The Tropical Curse of Malaria – Part I
Malaria, an infectious disease, that thrives in the tropics is one of the major causes of admissions and deaths in Papua New Guinea. The disease transmitted from one mosquito to another is endemic in PNG and the neighboring countries in the Pacific. Due to the region’s proximity to the equator, the transmission of the disease…