Symptoms and Diagnosis of Plasmodium

Alternatively, P. Knowlesi can be lethal. When an infected mosquito bites a person, they get malaria. Other mosquitoes that bite that person can spread the disease, so you can get malaria directly from a parasite-infected mosquito or a mosquito that bit someone who already... ... middle of paper ... ...quine (Aralen), mefloquine (Larium), primaquine, pyrimethamine (Daraprim), and quinine. Malaria: Conclusion This dangerous disease should be recognized as a threat and menace, so the oblivious should become aware of all the deaths caused in a year by malaria. To sum it all up, malaria is caused by parasite-infected mosquitoes, signs of malaria are basically changes in temperature from colds to fevers, it is diagnosed by extinguishable malaria parasites in the blood and treatment is determined by the severity of the disease, the outcome is usually complete recovery and in some cases, death is the only way out, and preventing malaria is all about preventing mosquitoes Again, malaria is a disastrous disease, one you don’t want to get; one that no one wants to get.

The mosquito vector for malaria is the mosquito genus Anopheles. Transfers Plasmodiumthrough saliva while feeding on blood. http://www.aaenvironment.com/Pictures/Mosquito.jpg Malaria, mosquitoes, and humans http://www.clongen.com/Plasmodium%20falciparum%20life%20cycle.gif A Mosquito-borne disease Malaria is widespread, and very common in parts of the Americas, Asia, and most of Africa. No vaccine available Only medicine is preventative drugs that must be taken continuously. If infected, there is some antimalarial medication available, most notably quinine.

Causative Agent, Mode of Transmission and Risk Factors P. falciparum is a protozoan parasite that once it has infected its human host causes the disease known as Malaria (Lehne, 2013, p.1238). This particular species of the genus Plasmodium is believed to stem from over one hundred thousand years ago (Carucci, 2004). These protozoan parasites are transferred to the human host by way of a vector in the form of a female Anopheles where the parasite resides in the saliva and is released when the insect feeds on a humans blood (Miller et al., 2013). The mosquito acquires this parasite by the same means of feeding on an infected host where the protozoa is ingested, grows and multiples in the stomach and upon maturation it shifts to the salivary glands to be spread to the next human host (Kyes, Horrocks, & Newbold, 2001). There are many risk factors for contracting the parasite including living in or traveling to countries where malaria is endemic, not taking the proper precautions such as insect repellent and areas with large amounts of standing water which are sites of mosquito breeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2010).

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.

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.

This deadly and drug-resistant disease is malaria. The story of drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia is significant because people in other countries could be affected and must be aware of the fact that it is becoming immune to the most powerful drugs used to fight it. 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.

Retrieved July 28, 2006, from Malaria Web site: http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria.html (2004, May 5). Malaria. Retrieved July 17, 2006, from Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern Web site: http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Malaria.htm (2005, June 17). Malaria. Retrieved July 26, 2006, from WebMD Web site: http://www.webmd.com/hw/lab_tests/hw119259.asp Flynn, E., Shamos, S., & Vogel, L. Stanford University.

Malaria is a serious, parasitic infection that is spread by the bite of certain mosquitoes. A parasite is an organism that survives by living inside a larger organism, called a host. Malaria is spread in three ways. The most common is by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. However, malaria can also be spread through a transfusion of infected blood or by sharing a needle with an infected person.

What is the disease: Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease to humans and other animals which is caused by parasitic protozoans. You develop it by a female infected mosquito with parasites transmitting its bite through the skin. This can cause severe redness on the area and continuous itching which can cause the bite to inflame. Malaria is quite rare in countries such as the United States, but it is most commonly found in countries such as Southern Asia and Africa. It is said that there is 20 species around the world but there are 4 most common species that cause the disease in humans a few are known as: Plasmodium falciparum, this is the most deadly out of all 4 to humans this lies in the salivary glands of the mosquito and it is transmitted to humans by the females of the Anopheles of the mosquito.

Angola Among the four types of parasites of malaria, plasmodium falciparum is the deadliest type. Malaria is usually transmitted from person to person by the bite of a female mosquito genus of the protozoan parasite Anopheles that needs blood for its eggs. Those microscopic parasites are transported via bloodstream to liver. Once they reach the liver, they start to damage the liver’s cell and their reproduction begins. The liver after the attack becomes swollen, causing its cell to burst and consequently, it releases the merozoite which is an egg cell, beginning then their life cycle.