According to U.S Research Malaria is caused by a parasitic
protozoan, the Plasmodium. This
parasite is injected in to the blood of a man by a female carrier anopheles mosquito when she bites him
for sucking blood. This is because that the parasites are present in the
salivary gland of the mosquito. The malarial parasites attack liver cells and
red blood cells where the parasites reproduces asexually. The toxin which the parasite produces, upon their release in to the blood causes fever. Symptoms of
the disease are chill, shivering ending in profuse sweating. The patient
becomes anemic due to the damage of the red blood cells. Death may occur if
untreated,. The treatment includes antimalarial drugs such as Nivaquine,
Resochin and Chloro quine.Tuesday 16 October 2012
MOSQUITO
According to U.S Research Malaria is caused by a parasitic
protozoan, the Plasmodium. This
parasite is injected in to the blood of a man by a female carrier anopheles mosquito when she bites him
for sucking blood. This is because that the parasites are present in the
salivary gland of the mosquito. The malarial parasites attack liver cells and
red blood cells where the parasites reproduces asexually. The toxin which the parasite produces, upon their release in to the blood causes fever. Symptoms of
the disease are chill, shivering ending in profuse sweating. The patient
becomes anemic due to the damage of the red blood cells. Death may occur if
untreated,. The treatment includes antimalarial drugs such as Nivaquine,
Resochin and Chloro quine.
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