Hafidh's Safaris
  • YOUR SAFARI
    • About Hafidh Safaris
    • Accommodation - Camps and Lodges >
      • Amboseli
      • Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha
      • Masai Mara
      • Tsavo East National Park
      • Tsavo West National Park
      • Samburu / Buffalo Springs and Shaba
    • Accommodation - Hotels >
      • Mombasa - Beach and North Coast
      • Mombasa - South Coast - Diani, Ukunda and Tiwi
    • Road Safaris - From Mombasa - 1-4 days >
      • Tsavo East
      • Tsavo East
      • Tsavo East and Tsavo West
      • Tsavo East and Tsavo West
      • Tsavo West and Amboseli
      • Tsavo East and Amboseli
      • Tsavo West, Amboseli + Salt Lick
      • Tsavo West, Tsavo East and Salt Lick
      • Tsavo East, Tsavo West and Amboseli
      • Tsavo East and Salt Lick
    • Road Safaris - From Nairobi (3-8 days) >
      • Masai Mara
      • Samburu
      • Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara
      • Samburu, Sweetwaters and Lake Nakuru
      • Samburu, Lake Baringo and Lake Nakuru
      • Mount Kenya, Samburu and Sweetwaters
      • Masai Mara, Samburu and Sweetwaters
      • Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria
      • Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Samburu
      • Amboseli, Mount Kenya, Samburu, Masai Mara and Nairobi
    • Air Safaris - From Mombasa (2-3 days) >
      • Masai Mara - 2 Days
      • Masai Mara - 3 Days
    • Kenya/Tanzania Combined (12 days)
    • Mountain Climbing Safaris (4-8 days) >
      • Mount Kenya (Naro Moru Route)
      • Mount Kenya (Sirimoni Route)
      • Mount Kenya (Sirimoni Rute)
      • Mount Kilimanaro (Machame Route)
  • THE WILDLIFE
    • Fascinating Animal Facts ...
    • Animal and Environmental Welfare
    • National Parks and Reserves
  • TOP TIPS
    • Security
    • Immunisation
    • Mosquitoes and Malaria
    • Kiswahili
    • Nothing to Declare ...
    • Code of Conduct and Etiquette
    • Code of Conduct on Safari
    • Useful Facts
  • PHOTO GALLERIES
    • Hotels, Lodges, Camps
    • Animal / Bird Insect/Snake Photo Gallery
    • Plant Photo Gallery
    • Mombasa Photo Gallery
  • Testimonials
    • Meet me ...
  • CONTACT
    • Site Map

MOSQUITOES ... and Malaria ...
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MALARIA - Take precautions on your visit ...

Malaria is both preventable and treatable
Even with oral anti-malarial prophylaxis, it is still possible to get malaria if bitten by an infected anopheles mosquito. 

Anti-malarial precautions are essential.  
  • Visit your doctor well in advance of your intended trip as prophylaxis will need to taken about 6 weeks before you fly to Kenya.  
  • There are children's prophylaxis and DEET repellents available .
  • Cover up and apply repellent - long sleeved shirts and long trousers should be worn in the early morning and in the evenings and wear shoes with socks at night.
  • Sleep under mosquito nets.
  • Close windows and doors at night - unless they are screened ones

Some Vulnerable Groups
  • Children under 5 years old
  • Pregnant women
  • Those with compromised immune systems
  • Epilepsy sufferers

                                       
                                     For more information about Malaria, visit:
                                      http://www.againstmalaria.com/faq_malaria.aspx
                                      http://www.unicef.org/health/index_malaria.html
                                      http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/impact.html


Picture
Picture
The Anopheles Mosquito

THE MOSQUITO
There are three groups of mosquito that are a nuisance to man.  

In the proboscis there are six slender lancets which are modified mouthparts used to pierce the skin and inject the anti-coagulant saliva.  Disease organisms are then injected with the saliva.

How a Malaria Carrying Mosquito Works ...
As a female Anopheles mosquito with the parasite drinks her fill, she transmits many threadlike structures, call sporozoites, into the new host.
  • These sporozoites travel to the liver, where they multiple and form another kind of spore called a merozoite.
  • The merozoites enter the bloodstream and penetrate the red blood cells, where they devour haemoglobin, the chemical that transports oxygen.
  • When the blood cell disintegrates, the metozoites - now multiplied 16-fold - escape and infect other blood cells.
  • A few merozoites form a sexual stage, which can be sucked up by another mosquito taking a meal.
  • Two sexually active merozoites meet in the mosquito's gut and produce a new generation of parasites.
  • This mosquito can transmit the infection only if she sucks more blood from an uninfected person before she dies.

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Hafidh Mohammed
HAFIDH'S SAFARIS
Mombasa
KENYA
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Cell phone:  +254 720483950
www.hafidhsafaris.com
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Acknowledgements:
  • Past clients:  
  • Wikipedia and National Geographic  for some wonderful information and photographs.

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  • YOUR SAFARI
    • About Hafidh Safaris
    • Accommodation - Camps and Lodges >
      • Amboseli
      • Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha
      • Masai Mara
      • Tsavo East National Park
      • Tsavo West National Park
      • Samburu / Buffalo Springs and Shaba
    • Accommodation - Hotels >
      • Mombasa - Beach and North Coast
      • Mombasa - South Coast - Diani, Ukunda and Tiwi
    • Road Safaris - From Mombasa - 1-4 days >
      • Tsavo East
      • Tsavo East
      • Tsavo East and Tsavo West
      • Tsavo East and Tsavo West
      • Tsavo West and Amboseli
      • Tsavo East and Amboseli
      • Tsavo West, Amboseli + Salt Lick
      • Tsavo West, Tsavo East and Salt Lick
      • Tsavo East, Tsavo West and Amboseli
      • Tsavo East and Salt Lick
    • Road Safaris - From Nairobi (3-8 days) >
      • Masai Mara
      • Samburu
      • Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara
      • Samburu, Sweetwaters and Lake Nakuru
      • Samburu, Lake Baringo and Lake Nakuru
      • Mount Kenya, Samburu and Sweetwaters
      • Masai Mara, Samburu and Sweetwaters
      • Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria
      • Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Samburu
      • Amboseli, Mount Kenya, Samburu, Masai Mara and Nairobi
    • Air Safaris - From Mombasa (2-3 days) >
      • Masai Mara - 2 Days
      • Masai Mara - 3 Days
    • Kenya/Tanzania Combined (12 days)
    • Mountain Climbing Safaris (4-8 days) >
      • Mount Kenya (Naro Moru Route)
      • Mount Kenya (Sirimoni Route)
      • Mount Kenya (Sirimoni Rute)
      • Mount Kilimanaro (Machame Route)
  • THE WILDLIFE
    • Fascinating Animal Facts ...
    • Animal and Environmental Welfare
    • National Parks and Reserves
  • TOP TIPS
    • Security
    • Immunisation
    • Mosquitoes and Malaria
    • Kiswahili
    • Nothing to Declare ...
    • Code of Conduct and Etiquette
    • Code of Conduct on Safari
    • Useful Facts
  • PHOTO GALLERIES
    • Hotels, Lodges, Camps
    • Animal / Bird Insect/Snake Photo Gallery
    • Plant Photo Gallery
    • Mombasa Photo Gallery
  • Testimonials
    • Meet me ...
  • CONTACT
    • Site Map