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What are the symptoms of malaria?

Page last updated 15 December 2021

Malaria may present with cycles of fever, sweating, chills, and shivering, along with headache, diarrhoea, and anaemia.

Severe malaria, particularly of which is caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, may include symptoms of brain involvement (cerebral malaria) including abnormal behaviour, seizures, and coma. Acute respiratory distress, kidney failure, and death may also occur in cases of severe malaria. 

Sources & Citations

1. NSW Government, Department of Health, Malaria fact sheet. Available at: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/malaria.aspx (accessed 10 November 2021). 

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Malaria Disease. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/disease.html (accessed 10 November 2021).

MAT-AU-2102441  Date of preparation  December 2021

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