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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 it good to kill mosquitoes to control malaria?
Malaria is in fact a plasmodium parasite. These are microscopic organisms called protist. Malaria is an extremely infectious, or communicable, disease. It destroys the red blood cells in your body as they are the reproduction factories of the parasite.
Malaria is a very dangerous disease, killing between one and three million people a year, mostly children. Most Malaria cases, however, occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
The malaria parasite is spread by the Anopheles Mosquito, which is the only mospuito that can transmit the disease. The Anopheles Mosquito is one of the targets of spraying, along with other mosqitos, mainly ones carrying the West Nile virus.
Why malaria cases are increasing?
Because mosquitos are more resistant to chemcals designed to kill them, And your gay
What is the Herbal drug is used to cure malaria?
Lime and lemon play a vital role in the treatment of quartan type of malarial fever. About three grams of lime and a juice of 1 lemon should be dissolved in about 60 ml of water. This mixture can be taken before you suspect the attack to take place.
Why can't humans become immune to malaria?
it hasn't been developed. its a virus from the protista kingdom. so it cannot be healed only managed. Viruses don't leave your body once you get them. they just lay dormant inside your body after they have been healed. they're virtually impossible to kill
What is Malaria's portal of exit?
Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite called Plasmodium. The parasite infects the liver cells and red blood cells of the host. One part of the life cycle involves the formation of male and female gametocytes in the hosts blood. The gametocytes are ingested with the blood-meal when a mosquito bites the person. The gametocytes unite and form a zygote, which grows into the "adult" form of the parasite in the mosquito. This adult form (sporozoite) can infect another person when that mosquito bites someone else.
What areas of the body are affected by malaria?
Liver, blood vessels, kidney etc are worst effected by malarial parasite. The germs of malaria at times become dormant in the liver and as and when get opportune atmosphere, over power the human body metabolism.
How long does it take you to die from malaria?
you do not always die from Malaria even if it is untreated. Google it
Why are people with sickle cell trait resistant to malaria?
Not sure if this is right but could it be because the blood cell does not contain enough oxygen for the parasite to survive?
By what protozoans is malaria caused by?
Yes, malaria is caused by protozoa, namely Plasmodium species. There are 5 Plasmodium species that can cause human infections: P. falciparum, P. vivax and ovale, P. malariae, P. knowlesi.
P. falciparum can invade red blood cells of all ages, may also be drug-resistant and is responsible for most severe and life-threatening malignant tertian malaria.
What is the relationship between sickle-cell disease and malaria?
G6PDD does not protect against malaria infection. People with G6PD Deficiency can still get it like anyone else. The malaria larva has to have mature red blood cells to live in and cannot survive in immature ones. An rbc's normal life span is 120 days, but due to hemolysis, many do not live this long. The faster death of rbc's also causes the malaria larva to die as well. There are two problems with this. The first is obvious as hemolysis (death of rbcs) also causes us problems. Although G6PD Deficient people are spared the severe symptoms of malaria, they have to weather hemolysis and must rely on their ability to make new rbcs. The infection is still sequestered in their liver. The second is that there is no anti-malarial medication that is friendly to G6PD Deficient people.
Malaria is dangerous and precautions should be taken to avoid infection. Anti-malarials are not an option. You can learn more about this at g6pddeficiency.org.
Mainly in mosquitos, if it lives in you, chances are you got maleria...
In which season is malaria most common?
in rainy season malaria is more common because mosquito get enough water for breeding
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.
