Malaria caused by mosquitoes and the season of the mosquitoes is around the corner ( noticed that in ramadhan they are many of them ) . At one time few years ago there were many seminars regarding Malaria !! so is Oman Malaria Free ..

Oman is not malaria free, but malaria is under control in Oman, I will paste the following information from the MoH website
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Malaria

What every family and community has a right to know about:

In areas where malaria is common, all families and communities should have access to the latest information on preventing and treating the disease.

Malaria is common in many countries especially in west, east and south Africa, south and middle Asia. Although malaria is under control in the Sultanate of Oman, it is still one of the most important health issues. Malaria was common in the Sultanate because of environmental conditions such as high temperature, humidity, rain, and stagnant water collection resulting in the breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes in many areas. Lack of awareness in the community on the prevention of malaria contributed to spread of the disease in the past.

Malaria is under control in Sultanate of Oman as a result of a successful campaign during the last two decades. The effective prevention of malaria depends upon community action and government support.

The five prime messages in this chapter can help to prevent the tragedy of 200-300 million malaria cases each year in the world, causing more than 1.5million deaths yearly and many more cases of child malnutrition.


Young children should be protected from mosquito bites, especially at night.

Malaria is spread by the bite of a mosquito. Care should be taken to keep mosquitoes away from young children. There are several ways of doing this:
- By using bed nets (preferably impregnated with a mosquito repellent)
- By putting screens on house windows and doors.
- By killing mosquitoes in the house using insecticides.

All members of the community should be protected against mosquito bites. A mosquito can take malaria from an infected person and pass it to on to someone who is uninfected.


Communities should destroy mosquito larvae and prevent mosquitoes from breeding.

Mosquitoes breed wherever stagnant water can collect; in ponds, swamps, pools, pits, drains, sometimes even tin cans and hoof-prints. They may also breed along the edges of streams and in overhead tanks. Filling in or draining places where water collects can kill the mosquito larvae. Overhead tanks can be covered. The larvae in fields can be killed by alternately drying out the field and introducing larvae-eating fish into the water.

Regular clean-ups of the neighborhood help to reduce mosquito breeding.

Regular using of insecticides.

Whenever malaria is common, a patient who has a fever should be taken immediately to a health worker. If malaria appears to be the cause, the patient should be given a full course of an anti-malarial drug.

A patient with a fever, believed to be caused by malaria, should be given a course of anti-malarial tablets (young babies may be given anti-malarial syrup). Treatment for malaria should begin immediately. Even a day's delay can be fatal. A health worker can advise on what type of treatment is best and how long it should last

The patient should be given the full course of treatment, even if the fever disappears rapidly.

If the symptoms continue, the patient should be taken to a health institution, as the malaria may be resistant to the drugs.


A patient with a fever should be kept cool but not cold.

Patients with fever should be kept cool by:
- Giving a temperature reducing medicine (such as paracetamol)
- Sponging or bathing with cool (not cold) water.
- Not putting too many clothes or blankets on the child.


A patient recovering from malaria needs plenty of liquids and food.


Malaria burns up energy, and the child loses a lot of liquid through sweating. As soon as the child can take food and drink again, these losses should be replaced.

Plenty of food and liquid when the child is recovering from malaria will help to prevent malnutrition and dehydration.

LINK (http://www.moh.gov.om/malaria.htm)
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Read more here:

The Malaria Eradication Programme in Oman - A Success Story (http://www.moh.gov.om/malariaeread.htm)

So the mosquitoes in Shatti area or Qurum could infect us with Malaria :(

So the mosquitoes in Shatti area or Qurum could infect us with Malaria :(

So far the cases that were registered in the last few weeks were all expats coming from India or Omanis coming from East Africa/Pakistan

So history of travel is there

My teacher had malaria last year, he was away for a week or two but then he was fine. It's not as deadly as it can be in other places cos it's sooo common so there are lots of treatment facilities for it.

Btw I'm a carrier for sickle cell anaemia and I heard that people who carry the trait and people who actually have it are immune to malaria - is that true?

Btw I'm a carrier for sickle cell anaemia and I heard that people who carry the trait and people who actually have it are immune to malaria - is that true?

That is true

Fully explained in the following thread: LINK (http://www.englishsabla.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33495&highlight=blood+disorders)

Excellent!!! :XD:

Could mosquitoes give Aids as well . I mean if some one had AIDS and the mosquito had a bit blood for him and the same mosquito goes to a healthy person .. yuuuucks would there be a possibility of AIDS transfusion ????

No, mosquitoes don't transmit the HIV, because HIV can't survive in the mosquito's circulation

Thanks Allah for that

Which area in Oman has more malaria ?

Ya but since most viruses can eventually mutate to survive in more difficult conditions and gain more immunity - will the AIDS virus one day be able to infect mosquitos?

There are other infectious disease like hepatitis and so . You could be right Fatamooo..
HITMAN what other infectious disease could they transmit ?

The mosquito injects saliva into the victim & not blood, so HIV transmission can ruled be out, HIV was discovered in 1981 but it has been there ages before that & there has been no reported cases of anyone with AIDS that is not either an IV drug user or with history of sexual contact or born to a HIV positive mother

There are other infectious disease like hepatitis and so . You could be right Fatamooo..
HITMAN what other infectious disease could they transmit ?

There are many forms of viral hepatitis & they are not transmitted by mosquitoes

Dengue, Yellow Fever, West Nile Fever, Encephalitis & Malaria are among the conditions that mosquitoes can transmit

Excellent!!! :XD:
Usually thats True BUT NOT ALWAYS the case
some few reported cases got infected with Malaria even though they are Sickel trait :)...There is NO 100% in Medicine ....my favourite quote !:cool:

What is Dengue and Encephalitis? Isn’t Yellow Fever dangerous?:os

What is Dengue and Encephalitis? Isn’t Yellow Fever dangerous?:os

Dengue, Yellow Fever & Encephalitis all are viral infections caused by different viruses & transmitted through different mosquitoes

Dengue can lead to a haemmorhagic state & death, there is no treatment but most people recover from it, usually causes flu like symptoms & as a complication bleeding

Yellow fever has same sort of symptoms but it can lead to kindey & liver failure & cause jaundice thus its name Yellow Fever, it is only present in S. America & Africa & there is an available vaccine for whomever tavelling to high risk areas

Encephalitis can be a serious condition which leads to inflammation & swelling of the brain that can lead to coma, West Nile & St. Louis are examples of the viruses that lead to encephalitis, infected person can develop headcahes with fever & neck stiffness along with convulsions

Since there is no treatment for most of the above, prevention is the solution when travelling to tropical areas

HITMAN you said "prevention is the solution when travelling to tropical areas" but we dont have to be vaccinated in Oman right ? What about the people who go to Hajj ? the possibility is large right ?

Is it the female mosquito who carries the virus and suck the Blooooood or both do ?

I think it's only the female mosquito who carries the malaria...

I think it's only the female mosquito who carries the malaria...

And are they the only ones that bites ( is it called bite )

I think so - they need it to reproduce or something?? That must be the reason.

Interesting discussion is going on here.

Is it the female mosquito who carries the virus and suck the Blooooood or both do ?

first it is not a virus but a kind of parasite called protozoa.

it is the female Anopheles mosquito which can transmit the malaria parasite not the Male. This is because the female are the blood sucker not the male. a meal of blood is essential to producing healthy eggs. This is reflected in the anatomical differences betwene the male and female. The female has a long needle-like stylets which used to suck the blood. Plus female carries the eggs in its mouth.
http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/images/img_4class/45img_pguides/45img_702guide/702mouth.gif
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/images/mosquitoes/anopheles_adult_graph_200w.gif

In addition, not all female Anopheles mosquitos transmit malaria. Out of 430 Anopheles species, only 30-40 transmit malaria.