(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2008-06) Blumberg, Lucille; Frean, John; Barnes, Karen I.
The key issues in the successful management of malaria are early
and accurate diagnosis and urgent treatment with effective drugs.
Disease presentation is, however, not specific – progression
to complicated disease may be rapid in non-immune persons,
particularly in young children and pregnant women, and parasite
drug resistance significantly influences treatment outcome.