Malaria
a deadly disease - neither bacterial or virus
Causes of Malaria
the mosquito oils the bite area with a spray of saliva and gives off the disease
Malaria is from female mosquitoes
The mosquitoes give off saliva-contains plasmodia
plasmodia are worm-like creatures that are one celled malaria
Preventions of Malaria
- you can use bed nets to keep mosquitoes from biting you
- drugs from artemisinin from the Qinghaosu plant and quinine from the cinchona tree
- make sure that if you go to a place where Malaria is common, you follow all the guidelines
Body Systems that it affects
The circulatory system is affected because the plasmodia goes into the bloodstream.
Symptoms of Malaria
Fever
cycle in which your symptoms occur:
no symptoms for up to 2 weeks
headaches and muscle pain
unconscious
seizure
severe fever
shivering/muscle vibrations
sweating
heart struggles to pump
lungs fight for breath
you go into a coma
chills
fever and sweating, usually occurring a few weeks after being bitten
The region of the world that it affects
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia
india
much of Caribbean
South Pacific
Balkans
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
How is Malaria transmitted
Treatments/how we would stop the spread (there isn't a set treatment yet)
- bed nets to cover people's beds so the mosquitoes cant bite
- drugs from artemisinin from the Qinghaosu plant and quinine from the cinchona tree
- if you are traveling to a place where Malaria is common, follow all guidelines
Claim
To stop the spread of Malaria in South Africa, people can use drugs from the Qinghaosu plant and quinine from the cinchona tree.