RUA: Dangers of Malaria Yaidelyn Alonso Chamberlain College of Nursing NR281 Pathophysiology I Fall‚ 2014 RUA: Dangers of Malaria Malaria is a serious and sometimes-lethal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito‚ which then ultimately infects humans. Malaria causes high fever‚ chills and flu-like symptoms. This disease is mostly found in Africa‚ Southern Asia‚ Central America and South America. Usually‚ many people who travel are more predisposed to the
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Name: Mubsira Saif Toor Class: M.A 1 (English Literature) Subject: Ben Johnson (Play) Date: 24-June-2013 Presented to: Mrs. Iffat Q: Critically discuss the observation that the play Volpone is a condemnation of an unchristian world where men greedily devour one another? Ans: Ben Johnson ’s blunt satire pierces the mind and awakens your soul to a whole new type of humor. Jonson was greatly known for his satirical plays including Volpone‚ Epicene‚ The Alchemist‚ and Bartholomew Fair (Bryant
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Lymphatic filariasis is known as elephantiasis‚ it is a condition that causes swelling to the lower limbs. There are three different filarial parasites that can cause Lymphatic filariasis in humans Brugia malayi‚ Brugia timori‚ and Wuchereria bancrofti. The three are transmitted by mosquitoes‚ but can be found in different places in world. Brugia malayi is found in the South and South East part of Asia. Bruges timori is found in the lesser Sunda islands of the Indonesian archipelago. Wuchereria
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African Sleeping Sickness Human African Trypanosomiasis‚ known as sleeping sickness‚ is a vector-borne parasitic disease. Trypanosoma which are the parasites are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies. Tsetse flies live in Africa‚ and they are found in vegetation by rivers and lakes‚ gallery-forests and vast stretches of wooded savannah. Sleeping sickness occurs only in sub-Saharan Africa‚ in regions where tsetse flies are endemic. There are many regions where tsetse flies are found‚ but
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sheep had high levels of worms. Background: What are ectoparasites? Ectoparasites are external parasites that live on the outside of an organism’s body. These parasites feed on the blood of an animal. When the parasites attach themselves to the outer layer of the organism’s skin they remain there for their entire life thriving off the host and entirely depend on the host for nourishment. Ecto parasites usually live in colonies and make nests on the hosts skin rapidly multiplying
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Unit 265 Causes and spread of infection. Outcome 1 Understand the causes of infection 1. Identify the difference between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites? The difference between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites is: Bacteria Bacteria is a single celled organism‚ bacteria have evolved to thrive in almost any environment and can be found in almost any substance/surface and also in the human body‚ only 1% of bacteria is actually harmful. It ’s bad or infectious bacteria that cause illness
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Volpone‚ written by Ben Jonson‚ is about a wealthy con artist who is conned by his ‘parasite’ servant. It can be argued that his servant‚ Mosca‚ is the true comic hero of the comedy on account of him being imperative to the cons. The traditional comic hero is one who is able to make the audience laugh. Their status in society ranges between upper and middle class. In spite of events that may seem to cause the downfall of the ‘traditional comic hero’‚ conventionally‚ they have a happy ending and peace
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the decreased immunity in their body. P. vivax is one of plasmodium strains that have a dormant liver stage and it can activate and invade the blood after months or years‚ causing many patients to relapse. A malarial parasite that is exclusive to humans is P. malariae; this parasite can result in quartan fever and a chronic infection that can last a lifetime for some patients if not treated. P. ovale is biologically and morphologically similar to P. vivax and both of them cause a tertian malaria
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The difference between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites are: Bacteria are single celled organisms that can rapidly multiple themselves every 10 minutes up to 10 times each bacterial cell‚ but they do not live or reproduce in a human cell. When threatened they will make a copy of their DNA to enable them to come back to life in the right conditions. They are able to survive in most extreme living conditions including with and without oxygen‚ there are various types of bacteria such as Cocci/Coccus
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harmful invaders so cells travel toward the intestines and cause inflammation. This inflammation doesn’t usually subside like it would in someone who doesn’t have the disease instead it lead to chronic inflammation‚ ulcerations‚ and the thickening of intestinal walls. This is caused by an abnormal immune system reaction that occurs in people that are genetically predisposed to this disease‚ researchers have found a link to this immune system reaction in chromosomes five and ten. There is a prominent datum
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