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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Malaria (also called biduoterian fever‚ blackwater fever‚ falciparum malaria‚ plasmodium‚ Quartan malaria‚ and tertian malaria) is one of the most infectious and most common diseases in the world. This serious‚ sometimes-fatal disease is caused by a parasite that is carried by a certain species of mosquito called the Anopheles. It claims more lives every year than any other transmissible disease except tuberculosis. Every year‚ five hundred million adults and children (around nine percent of the
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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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because there are numerous species of vectors and four species ofPlasmodium. * Some populations of Plasmodium‚ especially Plasmodium falciparum‚ are resistant to drugs‚ so alternative drugs need to be used. * Research needs to be done on new drugs as a "reserve weapon" for future cases of drug resistance. Unfortunately‚ drug resistance is more common in malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum‚ the most dangerous type of malaria‚ than in the other three species. * Some populations of mosquitoes
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reduction in the prevalence and incidence of malaria was seen in large populace of northern and central Europe‚ and North America. This was associated with improvement in Agricultural land use and housing. At the latter end of the 19th century‚ the plasmodium parasite‚ its vector
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intraerythrocytic (situated in the red blood cells) parasite has an absolute and acute requirement from the external medium‚ and provitamin pantothenol does not serve as a source of pantothenic acid‚ but instead‚ it inhibits the in vitro growth of P. falciparum. Source https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15673744 This occurs through a mechanism that involves competition with pantothenate (a component of coenzyme A) and
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Archaeology of Egypt Ancient Egyptian Disease An in depth Look at Archaeological Evidence of Ancient Egyptian Infectious Disease and Parasites 12/3/2010 Ancient Egyptian Disease Throughout the passing of time great civilizations have come and gone. Of the six pristine ancient civilizations‚ none have drawn quite the sensationalism as ancient Egypt. For numerous centuries antiquities were dispersed throughout the world for monetary purposes; however‚ for the past few decades
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Introduction Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality rates in most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Caused by Plasmodium Falciparum‚ the disease serves as one of the leading threats to human population across the continent. Theoretical concepts tend to front mosquitoes and hence the parasite it carries as the main reason behind the high impacts of Malaria. However‚ research indicates that the spread of the effects of malaria has majorly been caused other health factors‚ for instance‚ decline
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Protist Protist Temporal range: Neoproterozoic – Recent | | Scientific classification | Domain: | Eukarya | Excluded groups * Fungi * Plantae * Animalia Many others; classification varies | * Chromalveolata * Heterokontophyta * Haptophyta * Cryptophyta (cryptomonads) * Alveolata * Dinoflagellata * Apicomplexa * Ciliophora (ciliates) * Excavata * Euglenozoa * Percolozoa * Metamonada * Rhizaria * Radiolaria
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