Mosquito-borne diseases are common around the world. Mosquitos get the infectious diseases when they bite animals. Those mosquitos then are infected and spread the disease to humans. Many serious diseases such as the West Nile virus, malaria, Rift Valley fever, and dog heartworm can be passed by infected mosquitos (Day 7). Malaria is a serious, sometimes life-threatening disease common in third world countries.
Malaria is a disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes (Mayo Clinic Staff). The mosquitoes are infected with parasites (Malaria WebMD). The symptoms of malaria typically begin within a few weeks after being bitten, but in some cases could go unnoticed for an extended period of time (Mayo Clinic Staff). Symptoms of malaria include chills, fever, profuse sweating, and headache (Mayo Clinic Staff). Malaria is very common in Africa, Southern Asia, Central America, and South America (Malaria WebMD).
Malaria is caused by different variations of the parasite called Plasmodium. Two of the parasites are called Plasmodium Malariae and Plasmodium Falciparum. Some other variations of this parasite are Plasmodium Vivax and Plasmodium Ovale. There is malarial medication available. The most common drug used for treatment of malaria is called chloroquine. Recently it is has been found that Plasmodium Falciparum, the parasite that is responsible for Falciparum malaria, is resistant against chloroquine. This new development in the parasite has caused scientists and doctors to research and come up with new malaria drugs. Common in India is Artimisinin based combination therapy. In Artimisinin based combination therapy, the drugs atovaquonone, proguanil, and drug resistant reversers are used to cure the malaria in the patient. Using the ...
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The reasons why Western Cambodia is a big place for drug-resistance are unknown. The falciparith parasite that lies in Cambodia is one of the four types of malaria and is the most deadly. Through a Mosquito, it enters the bloodstream and after 2 weeks of incubating, it multiplies and takes over red blood cells. Because of its ability to evolve and widespread use of the best drug used to fight it, it is becoming drug-resistant. "The population structure of the resistant parasites in the region is 'strikingly different' to other countries." "It is as if there are different ethnic groups of artemisinin-resistant parasites inhabiting in the same region." Increased efforts are needed to prevent the malaria from spreading around the world.
Packard, Randall M. The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 2007. Print.
Plasmodium Falciparum is the causative parasite of malignant malaria, it is the most deadly strain of the malaria viruses. P. Falciparum is a eukaryotic protozoan parasite that is spread through vector transmission using mosquitoes. The Anopheles mosquito family accounts for the majority of transmission because of their tendency to target humans (WHO, 2014). Malaria accounts for approximately five hundred thousand deaths each year in environments such as sub-Saharan Africa and other temperate areas where the life cycle of the mosquito is longer allowing the parasite to develop properly (WHO, 2014). Malaria usually infects children in these areas but also commonly spreads to travellers to these areas.
Malaria is a common infectious disease found mainly in the tropics but in rare circumstances can be found in temperate areas. Depending on the circumstances malaria can be either life threatening cause serious illness.
Malaria is spread when the mosquito picks up the parasites from the blood of an infected human when it feeds. The mosquito will first recieve the malaria parasite from feeding on the blood of a person who may not neccessarily show symptoms of the disease, but has the parasites in their bloodstream. When the mosquito feeds again, these parasites will be passed on to another human being. Symptoms of malaria include fever, shivering, pain in the joints, headache, repeated vomiting, generalized convulsions, and coma. If not treated, the disease, especially that caused by protozoa falciparum, will progress to severe malaria. Severe malaria generally results in death.
Malaria is a common disease in a hot tropical area and it affects about 300 million people worldwide. There are four types of parasites that cause malaria in humans. Among the types of species Plasmodium falciparum is most common in Africa region and it can cause deadly form of disease. The Plasmodium vivax which is the second type of species is not life-threatening form of malaria. Plasmodium ovale also causes malaria. The system malaria affect most is the immune system. Malaria undergoes a complex life cycle, which involves two separate asexual reproductive stages in the vertebrate host which include humans and sexual reproduction as well as multiplication in the insect vector of all human.
The most common vectors in Malawi are the Anopheles gambiae, A. funestus, and A. arabiensis. In comparison to Malawi Nigeria is also a high endemic country for malaria. In Nigeria malaria transmitted throughout the whole year due to its distinct rainy and dry seasons. Progress in Malaria prevalence in both countries have been made, however, in Malawi a little less than half of outpatient visits are due to malaria and correspondingly in Nigeria the disease reportedly accounts for over half, estimated 60% of outpatient hospital visits. Pregnant women are still subject to vulnerability in both
Malaria is a disease that is in the blood; it comes from the plasmodium parasite. Malaria is carried from a mosquito to person then it spreads from person to person. (Kar,N) There are over a hundred species with malaria parasite that are highly populated in Africa these parasites are called Plasmodium falciparum. (Kar,N) when a parasite gets into a humans system it finds its way in the liver where it creates approximately ten thousand more. (Kar,N) Female mosquitos transmit malaria. (Kar,N) Two weeks in the body parasite move into the blood stream where it starts messing up the red blood cells. (Kar,N) It usually takes 10 days to four weeks after
Malaria is a disease that is caused by parasites. It is transferred from one person to another by the infected female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria has been a serious health problem nowadays. WHO has provided the information that approximately 660,000 people died from malaria globally during 2010. Also, after estimating, there are 219 million cases of malaria infection in 2010 worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, being one the country that has the high rate of HIV, AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, had 90% of the people that...
Malaria is a serious, infectious disease spread by certain mosquitoes. It is caused by infection with the Plasmodium genus of the protozoan parasite. More than one hundred species of this parasite exist. It is capable of infecting reptiles, birds, rodents, and primates. Four species infect human beings, the most common being P.vivax and P. falciparum.
According to the article What is Malaria, Malaria is a disease of the blood caused by the plasmpdium parasite (2017). Malaria is transmitted by a bite from a female mosquito leading the parasite to enter the body as stated by WHO (November, 2017). The parasite travels to the liver where it begins to multiply eventually making its was into the blood stream. Once the parasite enters the blood stream, it blocks the capillaries the lead to the brain (What is Malaria, 2017).
Malaria is very common in tropical and subtropical areas that are around the equator, which is a reason why it is very widespread in latin america. Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitoes that can be felt in as soon as 10 days. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2012 that there was a recorded 207 million cases around the world. In this essay you will learn about where and how bad Malaria is in Latin america, about Malaria itself, and the symptoms of malaria and ways to prevent it.
Malaria is a dreadful disease with no known cure. According to Mayo Clinic, ¨Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes¨. Malaria is highly contagious especially in areas where the virus can live; (warm tropical climates). Malaria is mostly in poor tropical climates, which makes Africa extremely vulnerable, causing Africans to be at high risk of death and loss of money.
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 world’s population) contract the disease and of these, one hundred million people die. Children are more susceptible to the disease than adults, and in Africa, where ninety percent of the world’s cases occur and where eighty percent of the cases are treated at home, one in twenty children die of the disease before they reach the age of five. Pregnant women are also more vulnerable to disease and in certain parts of Africa, they are four times as likely to contract the disease and only half as likely to survive it.
Malaria is a scary disease that is spread by mosquitoes. Although it no longer carries a threat in the United States, it's still quite the monster. Here are some facts about the disease that people should know.