1 Parasitic Disease: Malaria Brittany Jolicoeur May 8th‚ 2012 Frost/ SB1 3U Malaria 2 Parasitic Disease: Malaria Malaria is a serious parasitic infection that is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. The Plasmodium parasite that can cause malaria is neither a bacterium nor a virus therefore it is a single-celled parasite that multiplies in red blood cells of humans as well as in the mosquito intestine. C. Laveran in 1880 was the first to identify the parasites
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Toxoplasma gondii Question 4 of 61 B Choose the one best response to this question. Which one of the following protozoa primarily infects macrophages? A. Plasmodium vivax B. Leishmania donovani C. Trypanosoma cruzi D. Trichomonas vaginalis Question 5 of 61 A Choose the one best response to this question. In malaria‚ the form of plasmodia that is transmitted from mosquito to human is the:
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Children‚ pregnant women and travelers are most likely to fall victim to the disease. CAUSATIVE AGENT The parasite that causes malaria belongs to the genus plasmodium. There are four species of plasmodia that causes malaria in man. i. Plasmodium Vivax ii. Plasmodium falciparum iii. Plasmodium malariae iv. Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium vivax It is believed to account for 80%of all malaria infections‚ widely distributed because it can develop in mosquitoes at lower temperatures and is the cause
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Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite‚ Plasmodium‚ which infects red blood cells. Malaria is characterized by cycles of chills‚ fever‚ pain‚ and sweating. Historical records suggest malaria has infected humans since the beginning of mankind. The name "mal aria" (meaning "bad air" in Italian) was first used in English in 1740 by H. Walpole when describing the disease. The term was shortened to "malaria" in the 20th century. C. Laveran in 1880 was the first to identify the parasites
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a case study on how they aid the spread of malaria. Malaria is a disease characterized by general body aches‚ shivering and sweating. It is caused by a parasite called plasmodium which has several species that affects humans. For this parasite to spread‚ it needs its host‚ humans and mosquitoes‚ the vector. A part of plasmodium life cycle takes place in human and the other part in mosquitoes. Female anopheles mosquitoes are the parasite’s preferred vector that spreads malaria. When female anopheles
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Menusha Arumugam (K1) NAME OF DISEASES Malaria PATHOGENS & VECTORS A parasite called Plasmodium‚ which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes There are four types of human malaria: - Plasmodium falciparum - Plasmodium vivax - Plasmodium malariae - Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the most common. Plasmodium falciparum is the most deadly. METHOD OF TRANSMISSION - Through the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes - They breed in shallow collections
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Antibiotics are medications used to kill or prevent the spread of disease causing bacteria in the body. There are two types of antibiotics which manage infectious diseases differently: 1. Bactericidal Antibiotics: this is when the antibiotic completely kills off the Bacteria. It does this by damaging or interfering with the bacteria’s cell contents or wall. An example of this type of antibiotic is Penicillin which is in fact the first type of antibiotic to be discovered. 2. Bacteriostatic Antibiotics:
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infection by the Parasite Plasmodium and more than 1 million deaths are recorded annually (World Health Organization‚ Para 5). Malaria is caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Charles Louis Alponse Lavern‚ who was a French army surgeon stationed in Algeria‚ Africa‚ was the first to notice the parasites in the blood of a patient suffering from malaria. The four species that infect humans are Plasmodium vivax‚ Plasmodium falciparum‚ Plasmodium malariae‚ and Plasmodium ovale (Medical Microbiology
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epidemiology‚ a vector is any agent (person‚ animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism. Malaria‚ and also know as Plasmodium Falciparum is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by protists (a type of microorganism) of the genus Plasmodium. It begins with a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito‚ which introduces the protists through saliva into the circulatory system. In the blood‚ the protists travel
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