Question

Name the cure for the following disease:

Malaria

Answer 1

1. The prevention of infection involves the use of mosquito nets, preventive drugs such as quinine, and effective control of the mosquito vector.
2. It is crucial to keep the patient warm, ensure bed rest, and encourage them to consume plenty of fluids.
3. Use of antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine, metakelfin, primaquine, and others.
4. Sprinkling kerosene oil on large water bodies kills mosquito larvae.
5. Introducing larvivorous fishes like Gambusia minnows and trouts that feed on mosquito larvae.
6. There is also a vaccine named RTS, S/AS 01, which is the first vaccination developed against malaria.