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What disease is caused by a parasitic protist passed by mosquitos?
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoMalaria is caused by the parasitic protist. Every year almost 500 million persons are affected by malarial fever and about one million persons are dead yearly due to malarial fever. Incidently malaria has evolved from algae probably. You must say thanks to rest of the plant kingdom for not attacking the humans.
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∙ 16y agoThe mosquito.
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What is trichinosis?
Trichinosis is a parasitic disease cause by eating under cooked pork and wild game and is caused by the trichina round worm.
How are pinworm infections spread?
The disease is transmitted by ingesting the eggs of the pinworm
Marasmus describes what form of malnutrition?
Marasmus-- Severe malnutritution in children caused by a diet lacking in calories as well as protein. Marasmus may also be caused by disease and parasitic infection.
Is elephantiasis contagious?
No it is not. Elephantiasis is caused by microscopic thread-like parasitic worms which are transmitted by mosquitoes. Therefore, it is impossible for an individual to become infected with elephantiasis when they are in close contact with other infected individuals.Elephantitis is actually caused by a parasite. The disease is not considered contagious but the parasites that cause it can be spread. The parasite or worms can be spread by mosquitoes but having the parasite alone will not cause the disease. The disease is caused by the parasites blocking glands in the lymphatic system of the human body.
Do people still get trichinosis?
Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis, commonly called the trichina worm.
Is malaria a bacteria?
Malaria is actually caused by a protist that belongs to the genus of Plasmodium.
What group of protist causes malaria and toxoplasmosis?
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Malaria is caused by plasmodium, which is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites.
What is the disease caused by the protist plasmodium?
malaria
What protists caused hikers disease?
Giardia Lamblia is the protist that causes hikers disease.
What is filiarasis?
an infectious parasitic tropical disease caused by Roundworms
What causes myxomatosis?
it is caused by flies, fleas and mosquitos. they carry the disease to the rabbits.
Is malaria a virus bacteria or protist?
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (protists) (a type of single cell microorganism) of the Plasmodium genus. The word malaria means "bad air" as people thought that you could get it from breathing in air.
What microbe causes Chagas disease?
It is a tropical parasitic disease caused by flagellate protozoan Trypnosoma cruzi.
Is elephantiasis an air-borne disease?
No, elephantiasis is caused by microscopic parasitic threadlike worms
Is malaria airbourne?
By what know I thought Mosquitos caused malaria? malaria is NOT transmitted through the air. it is a parasite in the bloodstream and is transmitted by mosquitos which have bitten a malaria sufferer..
Diseases caused by worms?
Many diseases can be caused by parasitic worms. Trichinosis and intestinal diseases can be caused by the roundworm. Hookworm and whip worm disease are caused by the Hookworm.
Is hemophilia a bacteria a virus or a protist?
It is a genetic disease. Hemophilia is a genetic blood disorder. The person with this disorder has blood that doesn't clot as it should. It is not caused by a bacteria, virus or a protist.
