Malaria 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 very bad in Latin america. Four out of every 100 pregnant people in Latin america babies will be influenced by malaria. The malaria disease in Latin america and the Caribbean received wide publicity throughout the region. Mainly due to the high risk of getting chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria in the Amazon area of Latin america. The threat of getting malaria is commonly found in the area of Brazil, but it also in parts of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela. Getting malaria in places out of Brazil and the Amazon basin is so low that there are no preventive medicines recommended at all. Other Latin american countries have some risks of vivax malaria but also some chances chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria. There is no malaria risks at all in Uruguay or Chile. Malaria does not …show more content…
It is spread by female mosquitoes which the parasite is in their saliva when they bite you, which makes it go into your bloodstream. When the parasite enters your bloodstream it goes to your liver where it reproduces. There is two stages to the infection one, is where they reproduce in your liver two, where they take over red blood cells. The cells escape from the liver without out being seen by wrapping themselves in cell membrane of the liver. That is how they reproduce and take over your
“Latin America includes the entire continent of South America, as well as Mexico. Central America, and the Caribbean Islands. Physical geography has played an important role in the economic development of Latin America.” (Doc A and Doc G) Latin America has many unique cultural characteristics, industrial products, agricultural products, and human activity.
This virus searches for a new vulnerable host in order to survive and carry the disease to the next victim. The critical aspect around the spread of a virus is how drastically the reproduction process occurs. Without being controlled, the contamination throughout any species causes the spread to take place in a toxic way, “On day one, there were two people. And then, four, and then, sixteen. In three months, it’s a billion.
With no treatment half of patients who enter the second phase die within ten to fourteen days. Similar to yellow fever, malaria was transmitted to humans through mosquito bites, causing symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and vomiting. Difficult to recognize at first malaria continues to cause yellowing of the skin, seizures, and even death; these symptoms normally begin after ten to fifteen days after being contracted. Malaria was brought over to early America through slavery and killed millions of people between the seventeenth and twentieth century. Throughout the growth and expansion of America there was been several disease outbreaks both endemic and epidemic such as small pox, measles, yellow fever, and malaria. Starting with the Colombian exchange and slavery these diseases were brought to the new world and spread like wildfires that devastated populations both native and nonnative. Most commonly known for the death toll on the native Americans these diseases were so costly due to low resistance, poor sanitation, and inadequate
“What kind of society made it possible for women to act independently, even when this caused conflict with the men around them” (Gauderman 132)? The Spanish system was socially, administratively, and politically decentralized, and the family was also part of the decentralization. One of the objectives of this decentralized system was to prevent any individual or group from consolidating a position of absolute control (126). Equality was not the goal of the legislation and the state, but to uphold social and legal norms (1). Gauderman gathered her information from legislation, civil and criminal litigation, city-council, and notarial records to support her theory that women had a significant role in colonial Latin America (5).
The most common way this disease is transmitted from one animal to the next is through mosquitoes. A mosquito carrying infective heartworm larvae bites a dog and transmits the infection to them. The larvae grow, develop, and migrate in the body over a period of 6 to 7 months, in which time they become sexually mature male and female worms. this is the prepatent period. The worms then reside in the heart, lungs, and associated blood vessels. The worms begin to mate and release microfilaria into the blood stream. When a mosquito bites an infected dog it takes in some of the microfilaria in the blood. After 10 to 30 days there is larvae in the mosquito’s salivary gland which can then be passed on to the next dog the mosquito bites.
Mosquitoes carried the diseases and when a person got bit he would give a disease to the mosquito and the mosquito would pass it on to the next victim ("Historical Overview").
This parasite is spread through the bite of sandflies. There are three different types of infections and they each show varying degrees of severity. The cutaneous form produces mild skin ulcers, mucocutaneous produces ulcers in the mouth and nose, and the visceral form of the disease starts with skin ulcers and then fever, low red blood cell count, and an enlarged spleen and liver. The parasite is detected by a microscope and visceral can also be found by doing blood tests. 12 million people are in infected in 98 different countries and 2 million new cases are found every year. The disease also kills around 20 to 50 thousand people a year.
The female mosquito bites an infected animal then carries their offspring which are called Microfilariae to your dog. (Administration, Animal and Veterinary)
Latin America’s independence kicked of with the independence of Haiti. Before the the independence movement that overtook Latin America, Haiti had gained independence twenty years before the movement. The Spanish Empire had been in decline for a period of time after the rise of the English empire and many failed battles on the Spanish (class notes). The French Revolution and the American Revolution had inspired many of the Latin American countries to fight for independence (Chapter 3). They were inspired by the Enlightenment that washed over Europe. Of the inspired, one man stood out and took the movement by heart.
In likeness to Aids, the malaria virus can be in your body for up to
The most common sites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes is in tropical and subtropical areas with warm climates. Also, there must be a source of water, such as a lake, ocean, or stream, because this is where the mosquitoes breed. While Africa is the site of most malaria cases, there are a few other countries that account for some of the malaria cases. In fact, in 1990, seventy-five percent of all recorded malaria cases outside Africa were condensed in nine countries, which were India, Brazil, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and China. There was once a small malaria epidemic in the United States. It occurred mainly in Army families. This was because U.S. troops in other countries were not on the proper medication, contracted the disease, and brought it back to the United States.
Malaria is an ancient disease transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito that predates recorded history. Historically it was common in the swampy areas around Rome, and was believed that the tainted air in those locations made people very sick, the disease was therefore named malaria for the Latin root words bad air. Malaria is caused by small parasitic protozoa 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 infects a human host, the methods the body employs to control the infection and the continuous life cycle completed between the two hosts.
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites found in mosquitoes that carry an infectious disease. It is spread from the saliva through a bite of an infected female mosquito. Only female mosquitoes feed on blood, so this is why females are the carriers and spreaders of Malaria. Once you are bitten by an infected female mosquito then it releases the parasite into your blood where it moves to your liver and expands. This causes your liver to burst sending the infection back to your blood stream spreading to other areas of your body.
Malaria is disseminated through getting bitten by an Anopheles mosquito that is infected with the disease. Within the span of a few days, an excruciating pain will be experienced by the host, including migraines, puking, fevers, and chills. If not treated immediately, the host may die in a matter of just one day (“Malaria”). This is what happens to the people of sub-Saharan Africa. “Ninety percent of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa” (“Malaria Statistics”). More than half of those deaths are of children under the age of five. Every minute, a child in sub-Saharan Africa dies due to malaria. (“Malaria Statistics”). Although donations are being made and some treatments are currently being done, that certainly isn’t enough. This fatal disease needs to be eradicated not only instantly, but entirely.
Malaria is a serious tropical disease that in the extreme can be fatal. It is widespread across the globe in tropical and subtropical areas. Globally, malaria is a huge health problem with 300 million new cases per year. In Denmark, turning around, 100 people returned from abroad every year with the disease. Deaths among Danes have fortunately been rare some years, but in 2008, was a Danish woman infected in the Gambia and died in Denmark untreated.