Two cases of malaria are registered in Ilhabela, north coast of MS

The health secretary of Ilhabela, a municipality in the coastal region of the state of São Paulo, confirmed last Tuesday (20/11) the second case of malaria in just one week. The site was already a target because of cases, including death, yellow fever.

According to the municipality of Ilhabela, the first diagnosis of malaria would have been discovered in a four-year-old child. The most recent case was detected in a patient aged one year and two months, living in Perequê (central region). Both patients are medicated, well and waiting for their release.

Due to the confirmation of both cases, the health professionals of the municipality and the hospital Mário Covas held a meeting to update their technical knowledge on proper care. In the same week, the Urban Services Department launched a clean-up operation in the neighborhoods where the first two cases were registered and in the area (Reino, Perequê and Água Branca).

The Minister of Health advises residents and tourists to use repellents, especially from 18 hours because the mosquito anopheles lives in closed areas of running water and has the habit of night. It should be remembered that other mosquitoes do not transmit the disease.

Another opinion of the secretariat is that in case of high fever (above 39 ° C), for more than four days, accompanied by tremors, consult a doctor.

According to DataSus, the region reported eight other confirmed malaria cases in 2018: five in Caraguatatuba, two in São Sebastião and one in Ubatuba.

What is malaria?

Malaria is an acute febrile infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito. anopheles, infected with Plasmodium. In Brazil, three species are associated with malaria in humans: P. vivax, P. falciparum and P. malariae.

The protozoan is transmitted to humans by the blood, usually by the bite of the female mosquito anopheles, infected with Plasmodium or, more rarely, by another type of carrier putting the blood of an infected person in contact with that of a healthy person, such as sharing needles (drug addicts), blood transfusion or even mother to fetus during pregnancy.

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