Malaria and Dengue, Difference, Symptoms, Prevention

	Malaria	Dengue
Cause	Caused by parasite- Plasmodium Falciparum	Viral Infection
Transmission	Mosquitoes- Anopheles	Mosquitoes- Aedes
Incidence	Sub-Sahanran, Asia, Latin America, Europe (Decreasing order)	Tropical and Sub-tropical areas worldwide- mostly in urban and semi-urban areas
Symptoms	Like regular influenza- Fever, Headache, Chills, Vomiting	High fever, headache, muscle pain, possibly rashes Severe Dengue- Plasma leaking, fluid Accumulation, Respiratory distress, severe bleeding, organ impairment
Incubation Period	10-15 days	4-10 days
Prevention	Avoid Mosquito Bites, No Vaccine Available- Only anti-malarial drugs	Avoid Mosquito Bites, No Vaccine Available
	Ø Wear clothing that exposes as little skin as is practicable Ø Apply a repellent containing the insecticide DEET (concentration 30 to 35%) or picaridin (concentration 20% or greater for tropical travelers). Picaridin has a pleasant smell, an advantage over DEET Ø Ensure that all open windows have insect screens Ø Use an aerosol insecticide before going to bed and a vaporizer device throughout the night Ø bednets and clothing may be soaked in or sprayed with permethrin. Permethrin is an insecticide licensed for use on clothing
UN Report on health dangers posed by Climate Change: o  Global warming will put millions more people at risk of malaria and dengue fever o  Droughts, floods and storms will worsen unless measures are taken to cut emissions in half by 2050 relative to 1990 levels o  Changes in weather patterns may also increase the number of people exposed to dengue fever to 3.5 billion from 1.5 billion by 2080 o  A major public health threat is coming from the vector- borne diseases that depend on temperature and on humidity o  World temperatures have increased by about 0.7 degrees Celsius (1.3 degrees Fahrenheit) since industrialization intensified the use of coal and other carbon-emitting sources of fuel