Malaria Cause Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. Symptoms The first symptoms of malaria are like having the flu. You may have: a headache aching muscles a tummy ache‚ diarrhea and vomiting – especially in children a lack of energy loss of appetite a cough Treatment There are three main treatments for Malaria doxycycline – for most adults clindamycin – for most pregnant women and children sulfadoxine with pyrimethamine (Fansidar) Cause of Leukemia For most people with leukemia‚
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ARTICLES Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg‚ Salim Abdulla‚ Rose Nathan‚ Oscar Mukasa‚ Tanya J Marchant‚ Nassor Kikumbih‚ Adiel K Mushi‚ Haji Mponda‚ Happiness Minja‚ Hassan Mshinda‚ Marcel Tanner‚ Christian Lengeler Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However‚ the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for
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1. Plant Nutrition Nine macronutrients of plants: C‚ H‚ N‚ O‚ P‚ S‚ K‚ Ca‚ Mg Components of soil: Horizon a (topsoil): humus‚ leaf litter‚ decaying matter Horizon b (middle): minerals but no humus Horizon c (bottom): rock Most common nutrient deficiencies: N‚ P‚ K 2. Transport of Water and Minerals in Xylem Xylem transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves Plant cells include: cell wall‚ plasma membrane‚ nucleus‚ chloroplasts and central vacuole Soil to root Water is absorbed
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Name _____________________________________________ Survival of the Sickest Reading Guide Task: The following questions should be answered and typed. They will be electronically submitted to turnitin.com and a paper copy will be given to me. Introduction 1. What is the “big” question the book will attempt to answer? Chapter I 2. The author points out many ways in which iron impacts life. Identify/describe at least five. 3. In the context of this chapter‚ explain the author’s reference to
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B. In section one‚ chapter one‚ Diamond explains that the ancestors broke off from Africa as a separate lineage from animals about 7 million years ago. Human ancestors began walking upright around 4 million years ago‚ and they moved to Eurasia around 1 or 2 million years ago. Sometime between 100‚000 and 50‚000 years ago‚ not long after human fossils began to resemble modern homo sapiens‚ the human race had an explosion of new technological and artistic innovations that far surpassed anything previously
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Life Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV) and one of Akhenaten’s sisters‚[8] or perhaps one of his cousins.[9] As a prince he was known as Tutankhaten.[10] He ascended to the throne in 1333 BC‚ at the age of nine or ten‚ taking the throne name of Tutankhamun. His wet-nurse was a woman called Maia‚ known from her tomb at Saqqara. When he became king‚ he married his half-sister‚ Ankhesenpaaten‚ who later changed her name to Ankhesenamun. They had two daughters‚ both stillborn
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c IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI SPEC/4/BIOLO/HPM/ENG/TZ0/XX/M MARKSCHEME SPECIMEN PAPER BIOLOGY Higher Level Paper 1 2 pages –2– SPEC/4/BIOLO/HPM/ENG/TZ0/XX/M 1. B 16. C 31. D 46. – 2. C 17. B 32. D 47. – 3. D 18. B 33. A 48. – 4. D 19. B 34. D 49. – 5. D 20. B 35. C 50. – 6. D 21. B 36. D 51. – 7. B 22. B 37. B 52. – 8. B 23. D 38. D 53. – 9. A 24. C 39. A 54. – 10. D
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spread of disease‚ one or more of these links must be broken. 1. Etiologic agent a. Metazoan – multicellular animals many are parasites like hookworm b. Protozoa – are single-cell organism with a well-defined nucleus eg malaria falciparum c. Fungi - fungi are nonmotile‚ filamentous organism eg candidiasis d. Bacteria – are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus e.g. mycobacterium tuberculosis e. Rickettsia – genus of bacteria usually in the cells of lice
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(Images.nationalgeographic.com‚n.d.) Introduction Malaria is a common infection‚ which mostly affects people inhabiting hot regions within the tropics (Mandal‚ 2013). The illness is from a parasite of the plasmodium species‚ which is Anopheles mosquito (Marcus‚ 2009). The mosquito bites an infected person and later infects another person by biting him or her (Mandal‚ 2013). Malaria is a killer disease responsible for approximately death of 1 million people
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concept. A species is a living organism which follows the biological species concept of parasitism‚ commensalism‚ and mutualism. The biological species concept: Parasitism: one benefits from the other; taking over a host‚ (+/- reaction) (Ex: plasmodium apicomplexa taking over a human host causing malaria‚ tapeworm) Commensalism: one benefits and one doesn’t care‚ (+/0 reaction) (Ex: barnacles and whale the barnacles stuck themselves on the whales front side to feed off small crustaceans that
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