Essay on Malaria

Malaria No More Malaria is a mosquito-borne infection of humans, among other organisms, caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which after being transmitted by the vector, mosquitoes under the genus Anopheles, grows in about 6 days inside of red blood cells making over 20,000 to 30,000 daughter cells and burst out to the cell to go to others. Even though malaria is very treatable and had even been eradicated in in the US since 1951, the disease caused 219 million clinical episodes and

Malaria, just the very name rings with menace. It is a life threatening disease cause by parasites transmitted from infected bites of female mosquitoes. Now if you live in any area that is humid, hot, and prone to rain or near water and has mosquitos you are at risk for contracting this parasite. Normally Africa, South America, Middle East, rarely developed countries. About 3.2 billion people, almost half of the world’s population, are at risk of malaria. Granted we live in a time where in the United

Malaria is spread to people by the female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria. These mosquitos must have been infected through previous blood taken from an infected person. When a mosquito bites an infected person, a small amount of blood is taken and contains microscopic malaria parasites. (CDC, 2015) When the mosquito takes its next blood meal from another person a week later, the parasites will be injected. The malaria parasite is found in red blood cells of an infected

Introduction Malaria is a disease whose effects can be felt worldwide. Not only does the disease touch adults, unfortunately the major population affected by the disease is children under the age of 5yrs old and pregnant women. Malaria is the third largest killer of children worldwide. The number of malaria related deaths per years has decreased through the years form 300 million cases worldwide in 1999 to 198 million cases in 2013, also malaria related deaths have decreased by a sum of 60% from

Malaria is regarded as one of the world's deadliest tropical parasitic diseases. It claims more lives than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis. In Africa and other developing countries, it also accounts for millions of dollars in medical costs. Malaria, however, is a curable disease if promptly diagnosed and adequately treated. 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

Several species can cause human malaria and most of these species have drug resistant making treatment approach highly dependable on the species that caused it. Multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria had been treated with many different, both single and combinations of drugs. The most common type that is known to be effective is the artemisinin-based combination therapy also known as ACT; a combination of artermisinin and its derivatives and longer-acting antimalarial drugs. Studies

Running head: MALARIA IN AFRICAN CHILDREN Malaria in African Children: It only take a bite Reginah Wanjiku Virginia College Montgomery – Nursing Malaria claims more lives than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis. Over 200 million cases worldwide are reported each year. According to the World Health Organization Research, Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite plasmodium (WHO, 2011). It is a life-threatening disease transmitted through

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

causative agent of Malaria is the Plasmodium parasites. The malaria parasites are spread through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, called malaria vectors. Malaria in humans are caused by 5 parasite species, P. falciparum and P. vivax are 2 of the species which pose the greatest threat. The most prevalent malaria parasite on the African continent is the P. falciparum. Most malaria-related deaths globally are caused by the P. falciparum parasite. The dominant malaria parasite in

Malaria      Malaria parasites have been with us since the beginning of time, and fossils of mosquitoes up to thirty million years old show that malaria’s vector has existed for just as long. The parasites causing malaria are highly specific, with man as the only host and mosquitoes as the only vector. Every year, 300,000,000 people are affected by malaria, and while less than one percent of these people die, there are still an estimated 1,500,000 deaths per year. While