CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -No. Malaria is not spread from person to person like a cold or the flu, and it cannot be sexually transmitted. You cannot get malaria from casual contact with malaria-infected people, such as sitting next to someone who has malaria.

Detailed explanation-2: -Children are particularly vulnerable to malaria as, unlike adults that have grown up in endemic regions, they have yet to develop the necessary immunity to defend themselves against the disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -The consequences of malaria infection in children include anemia, respiratory distress, and cerebral damage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Malaria is not contagious and you can’t catch it from physical contact with someone who has it. The malaria parasite is not in an infected person’s saliva and it is not passed on from one person to another. The only way you can catch malaria from a person is through blood transfusions or organ transplants.