Malaria
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What Malaria is.
Malaria is a disease that comes from diseased mosquitoes that have the blood parasite Plasamodium that bite you. They suck your blood and through that hole they give the disease of malaria.
Malaria's Victims.
Malaria occurs mostly in areas of Africa, where every minute one child dies of Malaria.
The mosquito
This is the mosquito, giving someone a dastardly case of malaria
Mosquitoes that cause diseases
All of these types of mosquito can effect the human's health. The one on the far right (the Anopheles) is the one that can cause Malaria.
The cinchona tree
The cinchona tree is a source of quinine, an effective remedy for malaria.
How to get rid of Malaria.
Malaria can be prevented by getting rid of mosquitoes.Some ways you can do that is by using mosquito nets and insect repellents.
Malaria's Symptoms
Malaria's symptoms are your body getting weak and tired, yellow skin, seizures, coma, and in some cases, death. You will also feel really hot or really cold.
How you get Malaria
You get malaria by having a mosquito with the blood parasite Plasamodium bite you.
My picture links
- Mosquito net. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/Cinchona. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/30/144930-050-25CAA397.jpg>eb-media/84/131784-050-CFF90182.jpg>.
- Mosquito: Anopheles. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/79/145279-050-B01EAAED.jpg>.
- Housefly: human health. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/70/108470-050-F96C70B6.jpg>.
- Parasitism: malaria parasite inside a red blood cell. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/87/38187-004-A26FBE54.jpg>.Malaria and sickle cell anemia, distribution of. Image. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 18 Mar. 2016. <http://media1.school.eb.com/eb-media/84/126284-050-F08FB570.gif>