COVENANT UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES NAME: OBUEKWE CHUKWUEMEKA AZUBUIKE MAT NO: 12CQ014230 PROGRAMME: MICROBIOLOGY COURSE TITLE:CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY CODE: BLY 225 TOPIC: DESCRIPTION OF THE BIOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE OF PLASMODIUM INTRODUCTION Plasmodium‚ a genus of parasitic protozoans of the sporozoan subclass Coccidia that are the causative organisms of malaria. Plasmodium‚ which infects red blood cells in mammals (including humans)‚ birds‚ and reptiles
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Malaria 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 to the liver to mature and reproduce. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache‚ which in severe cases can progress to coma or death. The disease is widespread
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Study Guide Notes ¡V Test 1 CHAPTER 1 1. Linnaeus ¡V naming system Hooke ¡V cells in cork Van Leeuwenhoek ¡V animalcules (1st obs. of live microorganisms) Redi ¡V experiment to disprove spontaneous generation ¡V meat Needham ¡V experiment to prove spontaneous generation ¡V broth (vital force) Spallanzani ¡V heated broth did not develop microbial growth Virchow ¡V biogenesis (living can only arise from preexisting living) Pasteur ¡V air contained‚ but did not produce‚ microbes (broth‚ s-flasks);
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Republic of the Philippines UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES University Town‚ Catarman‚ Northern Samar COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Course Syllabus in VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY 411 (VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY AND PROTOZOOLOGY) First semester SY 2012-20113 Subject and Course Title: VPARA 411 ( VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY AND PROTOZOOLOGY) Course Description: Important arthropod and protozoan parasites of domestic animals‚ their morphology‚ biology
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Microbiocidal Effects of Pure and Ethanolic Helianthus annuus extract University of Baguio Science High School Jasper Lorenz C. Choy February 2012 ABSTRACT Sunflowers in the Northern province of the Philippines were used by folks in order to treat injuries and for wound healing. Medically‚ sunflowers have not been fully analyzed for their active components. Literature states sunflower have vitamin E which are essential for human beings. Since the sunflower is an indigenous plant
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Midterm 1 stuff (1‚ 25‚ 26‚ 27‚ 28) 2) What characterizes a prokaryotic cell? a. the lack of ribosomes b. the lack of a membrane-enclosed nucleus c. the presence of a nucleus with no DNA d. the presence of mitochondria e. having a cell wall without a cell membrane 3) Which of the following does NOT comprise a logical hierarchy of organization? a. family‚ order‚ class‚ phylum‚ kingdom b. molecules‚ cells‚ tissues‚ organ systems‚ populations c. organisms‚ populations‚ communities‚ biomes
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