Biology-viral diseases
MALARIA
Symptoms: These symptoms can include but are not limited to:
-Headaches
-Vomiting
-Diarrhoea
-Shivering
-Joint pains
-Jaundice
-Muscle pains
-Sweats and even the general feeling of just being unwell.
Life cycle: ----First, malaria is transported by the female Anopheles mosquito by feeding on the its victim( ideally humans now) and while it does this it transmits the sporozoites form of the parasites into the body.
-When the mosquito bites, some sporozoites are transmitted with the saliva during thmeal
-After 30 minutes, the sporozoites go into the liver where they multiple for 5-7 days until they form thousands of merozoites.
- The merozoites burst out of the liver and into the blood stream infecting the blood cells
-In the red blood cell the parasite normally takes 2 days to multiple more merozoites
-After that the infected blood cells burst which release new merozoites to infect more cells
- Some of the merozites invade more red blood cell and develop into gametocytes which is the sexual stage of the parasite
- The gametocytes are then taken up by another mosquito during a blood meal
- Then inside the mosquito the gametocytes develop into gametes and join together to form a zygote
-After fertilization the gamete develops into a motile ookinete
-The ookinete then burrows through the wall of the mosquitos stomach wall and positions itself
-The ookinete then develops into an oocyst and divides to produce thousands of sporozoites
-After 5-7 days the sporozoites then move into the salivary glands where they prepare to infect another host
Transmission: Malaria is transmitted through vectors. They could be animals or insects such as female Anopheles mosquitos. These vectors carry an organism called plasmodium which is the actual cause of the disease which is spread around by the vectors.
Worldwide importance: Malaria is an important disease because it is in fact
Symptoms: These symptoms can include but are not limited to:
-Headaches
-Vomiting
-Diarrhoea
-Shivering
-Joint pains
-Jaundice
-Muscle pains
-Sweats and even the general feeling of just being unwell.
Life cycle: ----First, malaria is transported by the female Anopheles mosquito by feeding on the its victim( ideally humans now) and while it does this it transmits the sporozoites form of the parasites into the body.
-When the mosquito bites, some sporozoites are transmitted with the saliva during thmeal
-After 30 minutes, the sporozoites go into the liver where they multiple for 5-7 days until they form thousands of merozoites.
- The merozoites burst out of the liver and into the blood stream infecting the blood cells
-In the red blood cell the parasite normally takes 2 days to multiple more merozoites
-After that the infected blood cells burst which release new merozoites to infect more cells
- Some of the merozites invade more red blood cell and develop into gametocytes which is the sexual stage of the parasite
- The gametocytes are then taken up by another mosquito during a blood meal
- Then inside the mosquito the gametocytes develop into gametes and join together to form a zygote
-After fertilization the gamete develops into a motile ookinete
-The ookinete then burrows through the wall of the mosquitos stomach wall and positions itself
-The ookinete then develops into an oocyst and divides to produce thousands of sporozoites
-After 5-7 days the sporozoites then move into the salivary glands where they prepare to infect another host
Transmission: Malaria is transmitted through vectors. They could be animals or insects such as female Anopheles mosquitos. These vectors carry an organism called plasmodium which is the actual cause of the disease which is spread around by the vectors.
Worldwide importance: Malaria is an important disease because it is in fact