2007-07-19 17:34:29 · 3 answers · asked by Richard V 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
No. Malaria is a parasitic disease. It is transmitted by mosquitoes that pass it from one infected person to another. It lives inside the red blood cells in your body. It can be cured however. An interesting fact, people with hemoglobin S, which causes sickle cell anemia, are immune, or highly resistent to malaria. Normal cells can survive an infection until the parasite matures and emerges. A red cell with hemoglobin S will deform, or sickle, and will be removed and destroyed by the spleen, which ends the life cycle of the parasite within it. The disease can be cured with antimalarial drugs.
2007-07-19 17:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by John B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Malaria is carried by mosquitoes and transmitted to people who come in contact with the mosquitoes who carry the disease. An example of an immune disease would be lupus.
2007-07-19 17:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but I take Plaquenil (which is an anti-malaria medicine) for Systemic Lupus, (which is an auto-immunity disorder). It seems to help reduce Lupus flare ups for some reason.
2007-07-19 21:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ken F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋