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Lisandra Abraham
Henry Garcia

Malaria
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Prof Ajanaku, Babajide


The deadly disease that is in study is called Malaria. Malaria is a parasitic disease characterized by fever, chills, and anemia. A parasite is a plant or animal that lives on or in another, usually larger, host organism in a way that harms or is of no advantage to the host. A host is a human, animal, plant, or other organism in or on which a parasite resides in. Malaria first uses a mosquito as a host, or transportation, in order to travel to its desired destination. In this situation, we are the host, or carriers, of the malaria parasite. Some alternative names for Malaria are: Quartan Malaria, Falciparum Malaria, Biduoterian Fever, Blackwater Fever, Tertian Fever, and Plasmodium.
The primary host transmission vectors are female mosquitoes. Male mosquitoes do not feed on blood, thus they are unable to transmit the parasite. When female mosquitoes feed on an infected human, the parasite then goes through a process within the mosquito that enables the parasite itself to get in the interior of the hosts salivary glands. When the mosquito feeds on a human, the parasite is then ready to enter the new host. When the mosquito finishes feeding, it leaves a small residue of saliva. It is then that the disease enters the human host. Malaria is a one-celled organism called protozoa. In humans, the parasite migrated to the liver where they mature and release another form called the merozoites. The merozoites enter the bloodstream and infect the red blood cells. Malaria is caused by four species of protozoan parasites that infect the human red blood cells. When it transfers to the red blood cells, they multiply into large numbers until the blood cell erupt; thus causing anemia. In humans malaria is caused by P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. vivax (Wikipedia). Another way to get infected is by a blood...