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A: Symbian Pandora and Plasmodium species,both can cause malaria, hence known as malarial parasites.
Q: What is the genus of the causative agent of malaria? In what group does it belong?
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Q: Name the parasite causing malaria.
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A: Drug resistance is the ability of a microorganism to grow in the presence of a drug that should kill…
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A: Malaria is an infectious disease in humans, which is caused by Plasmodium parasite. The risk of…
Q: Which diseases are zoonoses? Name them and the major vector involved.
A: Vectors are living creatures capable of transmitting infectious illnesses from people to humans or…
Q: How can human acquire hookworm infection?
A: Hookworms are parasitic roundworms which feed on blood and present in small intestine of the host.…
Q: What correlation did Dr. Tony Allison find between sickle cell disease and malaria?
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A: 1. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that belongs to the family of…
Q: Wolbachia infect what types of organisms? Insects Bacteria Viruses Humans
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A: Diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites can be transmitted by a mosquito that is…
Q: There is no change of transmission of malaria to man on the bite of male Anopheles mosquito. Reason.
A: Malaria is a parasitic infection that is caused by Plasmodium and is transmitted by female Anopheles…
Q: What evolutionary evidence is there that malaria has plagued humanity for millennia? Have these…
A: Malaria is caused by a protozoa Plasmodium. It is spread by female anopheles which sucks the blood…
Q: What are the humantissues affected by malaria?What are the main clinicalmanifestations of the…
A: Malaria has a number of effects on the body. Disease is caused by plasmodium parasites transmitted…
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- Why do only female mosquitoes transmit malaria?Explain how each of the following could lead to the reemergence of malaria in the United States: (a) global warming, (b) increased travel of individuals from endemic regions to the United States, (c) increased immigration of individuals from endemic regions to the United States, and (d) laws protecting wetlands. Please simple to understand and original answer. Thanks :)How did malaria come to infect humans?
- What is the genus of the causative agent of malaria? In what group does it belong?What evolutionary evidence is there that malaria has plagued humanity for millennia? Have these evolved responses been uniformly beneficial to humanity?Which of the following summarizes the chronological sequence (earliest to latest) of discovery involving human malaria parasites? This is was in a lecture slide, but is also in the textbook. a) liver stages, blood stages, mosquito stages, experimental transmission by mosquito b) blood stages, mosquito stages, liver stages, experimental transmission by mosquito c) mosquito stages, blood stages, liver stages, experimental transmission by mosquito d) blood stages, mosquito stages, experimental transmission by mosquito, liver stages e) mosquito stages, liver stages, blood stages, experimental transmission by mosquito
- Outline the general life cycle of malarial organisms. What explains the resurgence of malaria in recent years?Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. How are the primary, secondary, and tertiary stages of syphilis distinguished? There are different reasons behind our name. On what basis is L. interrogans named?What genetic differences make some individuals more and some less susceptible to malaria ?
- What is a drug- resistant malaria case? How is it being managed?Even though genetically engineered mosquitoes might be developed that do not allow the reproduction of malaria protozoa, these mosquitoes would have little, if any, immediate effect on the spread of the disease. Why should this be so? What would have to happen for these mosquitoes to significantly affect the spread of malaria?Explain why only female mosquitoes are involved in malaria and elephantiasis.