Hcs 245 Culture and Disease Paper

Ecological factors that encourage the Anopheles mosquito, and thus also encourage the prevalence of malaria include: being near the equator, densely populated areas, warmer temperatures, standing water, maintaining water for irrigation and deforested areas. (Holy p.1)

It is caused by a parasite that infects certain mosquitos that feed on humans. People infected with malaria usually suffer from high fevers, shaking chills, achy muscles, headaches, tiredness, and flu-like illness. It may also cause jaundice and anemia. The malaria parasite is found in the red blood cells of a person which means it can be transmitted through blood transfusions, organ transplants, or the shared use of needles syringes contaminated with blood. Malaria is not contagious; it cannot be transmitted from one person to another. Some parasites can remain dormant in the infected person’s body for up to four years after they are bitten. When the parasite comes out of hibernation and begins to invade the red blood cells, the person will become sick.

Malaria (also called biduoterian fever, blackwater fever, falciparum malaria, plasmodium, Quartan malaria, and tertian malaria) is one of the most infectious and most common diseases in the world. This serious, sometimes-fatal disease is caused by a parasite that is carried by a certain species of mosquito called the Anopheles. It claims more lives every year than any other transmissible disease except tuberculosis. Every year, five hundred million adults and children (around nine percent of the world’s population) contract the disease and of these, one hundred million people die. Children are more susceptible to the disease than adults, and in Africa, where ninety percent of the world’s cases occur and where eighty percent of the cases

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite plasmodium. In recent years, most cases in the U.S. have been in people who have acquired the disease after travelling to tropical and sub-tropical areas. Over 200 million cases worldwide are reported each year.

Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are typically very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness.. In 2015 an estimated 212 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and 429,000 people died, mostly children in the African Region. Although malaria can be a deadly disease, illness and death from malaria can usually be prevented. In Malawi, malaria is very common because

Malaria is a virus transmitted by a vector known as the mosquito. When pregnant female mosquitos hunger for human blood spreads the virus. Malaria can also be spread via blood to blood, such as transfusions, organ donation, and childbirth. Mosquitoes acquire the virus when biting an infected human. Malaria has two hosts the human and the mosquito. The virus is transmitted from the mosquito via saliva when being bit. The parasite begins it journey in humans in the liver then in a week going into the blood and disrupting normal red blood cell activity. When a mosquito has a blood meal from a infected person the parasite is the transmitted and develops to become a cyst and entering infective state traveling to the mosquitoes salivary glands waiting to be transmitted to a new host.

Malaria is mostly affected in Africa due to combination of factors in that country. Due to their mosquito’s type and bacteria carrying. There local weather condition allows transmission to occur all year long. In most cases Malaria is less chance to cause death but if not diagnosed on time can lead to death especially in children.

Malaria is considered the most important vector-borne infectious disease in the world, which is caused by a species of the Plasmodium parasite, and transmitted by female Anopheles spp mosquitoes.2,10,12

Human beings are creatures who automatically accustom and adapt to their surroundings. They are taught to beware strangers, look both ways before crossing the street and other instinctive precautions to ensure safety amongst everybody. In contrary, the biggest threat to human civilization cannot even be seen with our own eyes. Spread and infection of a single virus can be equivalent to the scary stranger on the street only it is harder to run from. Malaria is a disease of the blood caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which is easily transmitted by a particular mosquito. Out of all those pesky insects throughout the summer, it is a relief that only the female Anopheles mosquito is able to transmit malaria, on the other hand, there are more than 100 species of malaria parasite. This is including the most deadliest named Plasmodium falciparum which is sadly common in the African continent. A malaria parasite finds its way to inject or enter into the body where it will first enter into the liver and begins to multiply itself thousands of times. Throughout history, before there was a label on this disease, symptoms can be dated back from 4,000 years when malaria was translated as “bad air” in italian words “mal’ aria”("The History of Malaria, an Ancient Disease."). In addition, the symptoms and transaction of the malaria disease were recorded in medical writings of the ancient chinese, responsible for the decline of populations in greece during the 4th century BCE, and even

Where malaria disease is found depends mainly on climatic factors such as temperature, humidity, and rainfall. The main areas where malaria disease is found are; Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Malaria is transmitted in tropical and subtropical areas, where the host mosquito, of the genus Anopheles, is able to survive and multiply. There are approximately 430 Anopheles mosquito species, only 30 to 40 of which transmit the malaria parasite.

On average there are around 300-500 million people who become infected with malaria every year, with most of the

Other research projects have estimated the number of cases between 350 and 550 million and 1.24 million deaths in 2012. The highest cases of malaria have been found in tropical and sub-tropical areas (Isiguzo et al., 2014). These areas include Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Hati, and the Middle East (Kiszewski et al., 2014). These areas all have low/poor living conditions and lower or no health standards compared to the Unites States. Studies have shown areas with poor living conditions have increased amounts of mosquitoes due to their inability to destroy breading habitats or spray their land with mosquito pesticides. This increases the chances of someone coming into contact with an infected Anopheles mosquito carrying the Plasmodium protozoan parasite. Studies have found that Plasmodium originated from Africa and is now found on every continent besides Antarctica, which is too cold to support mosquito populations. This parasite was able to spread from Africa due to advances in locomotion such as ships and aircraft.

Malaria is a tropical disease which is prevalent in countries across the equator, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. It is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes (infected with plasmodium), which bite the host and inject the malaria parasite (plasmodium) into the blood of the host. [1] After this the parasite travels to the liver where it reproduces. Then it re-enters the bloodstream and reproduces and multiplies inside the red blood cells, as a result of this the infected red blood cells burst, releasing parasites into the blood. The infected red blood cells burst within two to three days of being infected, this causes fevers, fatigue and headaches. The symptoms of malaria can range from diarrhoea and sweating to muscle pains, anaemia due to the loss of red blood cells and even death.

Malaria is a serious infectious disease and sometimes fatal. A parasite known as a protozoan, which is a single celled microorganism that lives within the host is the cause for this potentially deadly disease. In this case, the host is a mosquito. “There are 430 various genus Anopheles (mosquito) species, but only 30-40 species carry the malaria parasite. There are many other species of mosquito’s that do not carry the malaria parasite, approximately 3,500 types in all.” They are broken up into 41 different classes such as the Culex Tarsalis that causes West Nile Virus and many more. Malaria is not contagious in the normal sense of the word. You cannot catch it by sneezing or coughing on someone. Anyone who has the disease will find Malaria in the RBC. The most common mosquito bites that carry the malaria virus are the Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax, which usually bite from dusk to dawn. The most severe and deadliest malaria is from the Plasmodium Falciparum of the genus anopheles species, found in Africa and New Guinea.

Malaria is one of the ten most common, yet deadly diseases in the world. It is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of Anopheles mosquito, which is active between dusk and dawn. Malaria occurs in over 100 countries and territories.