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malaria

vr.tr.malaria · ACT.PRC

Let an agent give general, non-diagnostic information about malaria, stress urgent care for fever after travel, and route people to health professionals and official travel advice.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent give general, non-diagnostic information about malaria, stress urgent care for fever after travel, and route people to health professionals and official travel advice.

A mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, causing fever and potentially severe illness; it is preventable and treatable, and is a medical emergency when severe.

What it is for: A major global health problem addressed by prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

It can be seek urgent testing for fever during or after travel to malaria areas; get pre-travel advice from a health professional; prevent mosquito bites; follow official malaria maps.

Distinguishing features

Parasitic, mosquito-borne

Endemic in many tropical regions

Preventable and treatable

Severe malaria is an emergency

What it looks like

Not visible; symptoms include fever, chills, headache and aches, sometimes weeks after exposure.

How it is recognised

Caused by Plasmodium species

Transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes

Diagnosed by blood tests

Related models

is a kind of - category

vector-borne and parasitic disease

is caused by - parasite

Plasmodium

is transmitted by - vector

Anopheles mosquito

is tracked by - authority

WHO

In practice

Families and kinds

falciparum malaria

vivax malaria

ovale and malariae malaria

knowlesi malaria

severe and cerebral malaria

Identifiers

ICD-11 1F40-1F4Z malaria

Standards and regulation

WHO guidelines for malaria

National travel health guidance

Failure modes and hazards

Delaying care for fever after travel

Self-treatment without testing

Diagnosis or dosing advice by an agent

Also called

cerebral malariaAirport malariaTropical splenomegaly syndromepregnancy-associated malariatropical malariaPlasmodium ovale malariaPlasmodium vivax malariaPlasmodium falciparum malariaQuartan fevermixed malariaCongenital malariablackwater feveravian malariaCuban fever

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Urgent Fever after travel.

Speed saves lives.

Fever

Seek care.

Fever

Urgent testing.

  1. Does the person have fever during or after travel to a malaria area and need urgent testing? boundary
  2. Where can they be seen today? action

Severe signs

Emergency.

Severe

Severe signs.

  1. Are there signs such as confusion, breathing difficulty or collapse that need emergency services? boundary
  2. Who should be called? action
Prevention Before travel.

Prevention is professional advice.

Advice

Travel clinic.

Advice

Pre-travel advice.

  1. Has a health professional advised on prevention for this trip? boundary
  2. Where is official travel health guidance? provenance

Bites

Avoiding mosquitoes.

Bites

Bite prevention.

  1. Which bite-prevention measures do official sources recommend? provenance
  2. Are nets and repellents available? action
Care Diagnosis and treatment.

Care is professional.

Diagnosis

Blood tests.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis.

  1. How is malaria diagnosed? definition
  2. How quickly should testing happen? boundary

Treatment

Guidelines.

Treatment

Treatment.

  1. What do WHO guidelines say about treatment, in general terms? provenance
  2. Who prescribes it? boundary
Global Burden and control.

Malaria is a global issue.

Burden

Statistics.

Burden

Global burden.

  1. How many cases and deaths does the WHO report? measurement
  2. For which year? provenance

Control

Programmes.

Control

Control programmes.

  1. Which control and vaccine programmes exist? provenance
  2. Where are they deployed? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should parasite species be separate entries?
  • How should risk maps be linked?
  • How should travel advice be localised?
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