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Malaria
Malaria is a infectious disease that is transmitted through the bite of the female mosquito. All questions about symptoms, causes, prevention, treatment, and history can be found here.
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Why is malaria called malaria?
Malaria literally means "bad air".
The name derives from the time before we knew about micro-organisms as a cause for disease ("the germ theiry of disease). People noticed that malaria was more common near standing waters such as swamps and so they thought it might be causes by swamp gasses.
As an interesting historical note - air conditioning was invented as a way to combat this. It did not help malaria but became popular for other reasons.
Yes, every thing can be effected by malaria is a protozoa it is a pathengenic organism that evan plants can get, along with humans and animals.
Do you always get malaria if you are bitten by a mosquito?
Most of the time no, it is a common misconception that infection with malaria is always a lifelong one. Malaria is caused by a number of species of Plasmodium species, some of which are persistent (can survive indefinitely in an infected person) such as Plasmodium vivax, whereas the more series form Plasmodium falciparum is transient but very severe, this will not persist in an infected person but may kill.
How do mosquitos catch malaria?
Malaria is caused by a type of microbe called protazoa. In malaria, protists (one of the groups of microbes) are carried by mosquitoes in tropical areas of the world (the protazoa responsible are of the genus Plasmodium: P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. falciparum).
Although mostly still in foreign tropical locations, some malaria has been found in the far southern parts of the US on rare occasions. To protect from this and other mosquito-borne diseases, use a repellent containing DEET whenever exposed to mosquitoes. Also be sure to eliminate outdoors sources of standing water in your immediate vicinity, even very small amounts can allow mosquitoes to propagate.
Why is there no malaria in the US?
1. Malaria like most diseases occur from a lack of sanitary habits and technology to manage human waste, many countries such as those in Africa don't have much plumbing to carry and sanitise human and animal waste and this leads to outbreaks and the spread of malaria.
2. The US has advanced medical treatment not found in most countries currently fighting with malaria. Hospitals are critical for treating diseases, many Americans that do visit countries get vaccinated so they don't bring it back. If a citizen does they and others they encounter many end up with malaria but are able to access medical treatment preventing outbreak.
Another answer: In the United States in the 1920s, the United States started an all out war against mosquitoes. It put screens in windows and on doors. It either got rid of rain barrels and cisterns or enclosed them. It put oil on swamps to kill the mosquitoes there. It build gullies and storm sewers to provide drainage to get rid of standing water to eliminate mosquito breeding areas. After World War 2, Airplanes became available and the United States used aerial spraying to get rid of mosquitoes not removed by other means. In addition, mosquito inspectors were hired to find standing water behind houses and businesses and any other places where it might be. People with malaria were treated so they would not spread it. It was not necessary to kill all mosquitoes. By greatly reducing their numbers, the United States eliminated Malaria and Yellow Fever.
What are the sympotms of malaria?
Malaria is a disease that is contracted by a mosquito bite. Some of the symptoms of malaria include a high fever, excessive sweating, nausea, headache and vomiting.
How do you give someone malaria?
The only way to get it is by inoculation of the malaria through the annofeles mosquito in endemic areas
What is the effect of DDT on malaria?
The effect was that when it was used many mosquitoes were killed reducing the amount of DDT contracted the problem was the nature of the DDTbeing a poison that had badeffects.
Here is a bit of history. In WW2 our soldiers stationed in the Pacific Islands were sprayed with DDT to prevent malaria. Now, many of these men are dying of cancer. As my dad was dying of cancer ( he served in the Pacific in the Army in WW2) I asked his doctor if there was a relationship between the cancer and the DDT. He stated that there probably was. So, not only did this kill the mosquitoes, stay in the environment to affect animals, but it probably hurt the men who were around it and sprayed down as well.
Is malaria caused by a parasitic worm?
Malaria is transmitted through Mosquitoes. The saliva of the female anopheles mosquito contains a protozoa that infects the humans and animals with the malaria parasite.
What is a geographic difference between malaria and Ebola viruses?
In the long term, HIV is more lethal. In the short term, Ebola is far more lethal. Ebola kills much more rapidly, but it doesn't kill everyone. Some people recover. HIV kills much more slowly, but it kills virtually everyone that it infects.
How many people died from malaria during the civil war?
It is estimated that 11,000 people died from measles during the Civil War. Dysentery was the worse disease to kill soldiers, it is estimated almost 100,000 died from it.
Where are malaria mosquitoes found?
In Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania
What are nicknames for malaria?
Typhoid Fever its self is a nickname. The real name for it is Enteric Fever
What parasitic sporazoan causes malaria?
Plasmodium vivax causes 8 out of 10 cases of malaria. Fortunately this form of malaria is usually not lethal.
malaria reproduces throughout the blood stream and the liver
Do you need malaria tablets for Caribbean?
No, you do not need malaria tablets for the caribbean. You will need a passport. I usually bring my passport, drivers license and social security card on all my traveling. If you are worried about malaria, which is not carried by all mosquitos, or any other environmental disease, take bug spray and sunscreen. I recommend using Off bug spray.
Why does shivering occur in malaria?
The cyclical pattern of malaria symptoms (fever, chills, fever, chills) is due to the time-regulated bursting of merozoites from red blood cells. The merozoites (a stage in the malaria parasite's development), burst from red blood cells in a cyclical pattern at a time which is specific to the species of malaria parasite. The fever is the body's immune response to the sudden high concentration of merozoites in the bloodstream. The chills are due to the invasion of new red blood cells by the merozoites.
What protist is transmitted to humans by mosquitos and causes malaria?
You can get: West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Japanese Encephalitis Virus, La Crosse Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis, Dengue Fever, Malaria, Rift Valley Fever, and Yellow Fever Heartworm (dogs)
How does malaria cause anaemia?
The mosquito is infected with malaria, and when it bites people, it injects an anti-coagulant to make the blood easier to drink, and that is contaminated with the disease organism, so the person who is bitten becomes infected.
