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    P Vivax Vs P. Ovale

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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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    Viswanathan

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    by the biotechnologically produced M.Q3 (Enzyme‚Insulin‚ Vitamins‚ Vaccine) Theory of natural selection was proposed by M.Q4 (Charles Darwin‚ Hugo-de-vries‚ Gregor Johann Medal‚ Jean Baptise Lamarck) 2. IMMUNE SYSTEM 6. 7. 8. 9. In the following Plasmodium which one

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    Plasmodium

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    Life Cycle of Plasmodium vivax (Malarial Parasite) Systematie Position Kingdom    :    Protista Phylum       :    Protozoa Class          :    Sporozoa Genus         :    Plasmodium Species       :    vivax Habit s and habitat:- Plasmodium is an intracellular sporozoan parasite causing malaria in man. The parasite lives in the RBC’s and liver cells of man and alimentary canal and salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquito. Structure:- Structure of plasmodium is different stages of its

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    vector borne infectious disease‚ is vital as prevention for this disease is very necessary. Malaria can be infected in humans by four separate species of plasmodium parasites. These parasites are Plasmodium falciparum‚ Plasmodium vivaxPlasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae. The major difference in these plasmodium parasites is that Plasmodium falciparum can cause life threatening malaria and the other three cause a weaker acting malaria. Malaria can be

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    What Is Chikungunya?

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    Chikungunya Introduction Chikungunya is a drastic viral disease which was discovered recently. It is an infection caused by mosquito bites from A. aegypti and A. albopictus which belongs to Aedes genus. This virus is classified in to 4th Group of ssRNA in unassigned order. It belongs to the family of Togaviridae and genus is Alphavirus. The species of this type is named as the Chikungunya virus. Their symptoms are fever with severe joint pains. There is no vaccine developed for Chikungunya. This

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    In the article‚ "When Mosquitoes Were Killers In America" written by Lauren Tarshis‚ the author states that mosquitoes are far worse than being a nuisance. There are many places in the article that back this statement. For example‚ the author writes something about how mosquitoes can easily spread a deadly disease called malaria. "In this way‚ bite by itchy bite‚ 212 million people are infected with malaria each year. Many live in crowded areas where mosquitoes easily spread the disease from person

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    Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. Wuchereria bancrofti‚ Brugia malayi and B. timori are the three filarial species cause lymphatic filariasis. They are spread by a mosquito vector and human is the definitive host. In lymphatic filariasis‚ repeated episodes of inflammation and lymphedema lead to lymphatic damage‚ chronic swelling‚ and elephantiasis of the legs‚ arms‚ scrotum‚ vulva‚ and breasts . Epidemiology W. bancrofti occurs in

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    mortality is high when a high proportion of measles patients have secondary cases (acquired through exposure at home). 1 According to Department of Health entomologist‚ Norma Joson‚ malaria is caused by four species of the Plasmodium parasite‚ namely P. falciparum‚ P. vivax‚ P. malariae and P. ovale. Only the first two are endemic to the Philippines. The parasite is primarily transmitted by the two species of Anopheles mosquito native to this country‚ the Anopheles flavirostris complex and the Anopheles

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    According to Vivaxmalaria.com “Plasmodium Vivax occurred in macaque monkeys in the south-east part of Asia when it started spreading to Africa and to humans.”2 and then migrated to other countries in Africa. Most types of Malaria started with an animal infection and then spread to humans

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    Malaria Life Cycle

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    of the genus Plasmodium which infects both humans and mosquitoes in a cyclical process. It is carried by only by female mosquitoes residing in tropical and subtropical areas and is injected into unsuspecting human hosts by the bite of an infected mosquito. This particular Plasmodium is highly specific to infecting humans as we are the only vertebrates infected and the Anopheles mosquitoes are the vectors. (1). This papers main focus shall be the process by which a malarial plasmodium colonizes and

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