Description for Using Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDTs) The procedure of the test as contained in the manufacturer’s instructions as approved by the National guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of malaria‚ (FMoH‚ 2011) will be followed. its reliability was futher proven by Olaniyan‚ et al.‚ (2013). The RDT provided for the study has LOT number and expiry date which must be recorded. Preferably RDT of known quality assurance will be used. The device usually contains a cassette‚ an applicator
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tetracycline class of antibiotics that fights bacterial infections‚ like urinary tract infections. This drug is also known as a broad-spectrum antibiotic that treat all types of bacterial infections (Drugs.com‚ 2015). Malaria has a bacteria agent called Plasmodium falciparum that causes an individual to experience fevers and high chills. Doxycycline would be able to treat malaria because it is an antibiotic. Doxycycline is taken by mouth in the form of 50 mg‚ 75mg‚ or 100 mg capsules usually once or twice
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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‚ occurs worldwide‚ especially in tropical and temperate zones. The organism is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Other insects and some mites may also transmit forms of malaria to animals. Five species of Plasmodium are known
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Trypanosoma Protozon-Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastida)‚ a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. E Coli-Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative gammaproteobacteria commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms Staphylococcus -Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope‚ they appear round‚ and form in grape-like clusters. The Staphylococcus genus includes at least 40 species. Giardia Protozon-Giardia
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A. Trachoma This is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Chlamydia trachomatis”. The infection causes the inner surface of the eyelids to become rough leading to pain in the eye‚ breakdown of the cornea and possible blindness. Untreated‚ repeated trachoma infections result in entropion - a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward‚ causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection due to their tendency to easily get dirty
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MYIASIS Myiasis is an infectious skin disease that caused by some insects‚ which are the larvae or maggots. The word myiasis is derived from the Greek word "Maya " mean fly‚ and "asis" meaning disease. [1] It is also called Blowfly strike‚ Flyblown‚ or Maggot infestation.[2] The dipterous larvae is feeding on the host dead or living tissues‚ liquid body substances or ingested food.[3] Myiasis is a skin disease that may infect people in any age‚ country‚ or society. It has many types that
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Buzz Buzz...Buzz Buzz....Buzz Buzz. You hear the sound of a mosquito coming towards you‚ Buzz Buzz. It lands on you‚ but before you can swat it away‚ BAM! You are bitten. You will be fine‚ hopefully. But if you live in a tropical or subtropical place‚ you may be at risk. At risk for the most terrible of all the terrible mosquito caused diseases‚ just kidding. But you are at risk for yellow fever. What is yellow fever? That is why I am here‚ that is hopefully why you are even reading this paper‚ to
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Elie Metchnikoff has discovered phagocytosis in a starfish. The inner space of starfish is a primitive version of human extravascular (extravasal) compartment. The first line of host defense in humans is extravascular compartment which is evolutionally older than intravascular compartment (cardiovascular and lymphatic systems) and includes external and internal covers (skin‚ conjunctiva‚ tympanum‚ upper and lower respiratory mucous membranes‚ digestive tract mucous membranes‚ etc.) and different
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African Sleeping Sickness is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The parasite is a eukaryote‚ as it has a fully functioning mitochondria and other membrane-bound organelles. An infection is caused from the infected bite of the tsetse fly (also known as genus Glossina)‚ which can inject harmful parasites that once in the body‚ they gradually invade it. Over the course of history‚ African Sleeping Sickness has only been known since the late 19th century and
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Guatemala covers 42‚042 sq mi and it has a population of over 17 million. Guatemala City‚ which is the capital is the city with the largest population. Guatemala has a very mixed ethnicity. Over half of the population is Mestizo and European. The other part of the population has a very diverse ethnicity. In Guatemala‚ in the religious field one will find Roman Catholics and Protestants. Also there are indigenous Mayan beliefs. This comes from the large population of indigenous people. This also
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