Mosquito net

most dangerous animal in the world does not have the claws of a tiger, the venom of a snake, or the teeth of a shark. This animal is measured in millimeters, produces hundreds of offspring from a single mother, and feeds off human blood. It is the mosquito. The most common species is culex pipiens, but there are others such as aedes aegypti, aedes vexans, and anopheles gambiae. Mosquitoes represent one of the most successful species on earth. This is attributed to their ability to thrive in the…

Malaria is transmitted person to person, through the bite of an infected mosquito. Knowing this explains why they use some of the preventative measures that they use, and helps with treatment. According to WHO (2016), malaria is treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which “contains both the drug artemisinin…

from its serum a transmissible specialists that was initially depicted as Zika infection in 1952 (Zika Virus Net, 2016). Zika virus is a disease that comes from a mosquito (Aedes mosquito) which causes a maculo-papular rash. This specie is a typical mosquito that stays around standing water which is flower pots, puddles, buckets and much more. But there is one difference in this mosquito then the rest. This specie carries Dengue and Chikungunya which is an infection that causes joint issues,…

campaign that has worked towards the eradication of mosquitos, which will lower the incidence of Zika, and to deter pregnancies. The issue of the geographical barrier is once again made evident, as the campaign and resources are not reaching the Brazilians in the remote areas as easily as the prosperous areas. The resources that have reached some of the heavier populated areas are; contraceptives, health education, insect repellent, and mosquito nets, but this was not equitable for all people…

was very poor and as a result, many diseases spread. Over a thousand wild animals relocated after the water rose in the dams. Because of the droughts in Africa, the supply of electricity had decreased. Malaria is a disease transmitted to humans by mosquitos, causes fever, anemia, and often-fatal complications. This disease affected 174 million people in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. There has been a new study case that was conducted in sub-Saharan African saying that living close to the…

often creating diseases. The Zika virus is a famous mosquito borne virus transmitted by physical contact with the mosquito. In this day and age, Zika Virus is spreading from country to country, bringing each nation to its knees with its detrimental symptoms. In 1947, the Zika virus was first discovered in a rhesus monkey that was found in the Zika Forest, Uganda. Incidentally, it was not until 1948 when individuals realized the Aedes africanus (mosquito) also possessed the Zika virus.…

infection of a nematode parasite called the Filarial worm. The disease from the worm is transmitted from human to human by the sting of a female mosquito when the mosquito decides to take blood. Once inside the bloodstream, the parasite grows into a full adult worm in your Lymphatic system. Once the parasite introduced to the host the infection begins. Mosquitos carry other worms such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori. Where the reside in the Lymphatic System and invade…

Introduction When Dr. Gerald Lauria walked into a town hospital in Congo in 2005, he was stunned. Coming from working in a large hospital in the United States consisting of many doctors per specialty, he was shocked to find this hospital run by just one physician. Dr. Lauria described the hospital as “sparse” and “primitive”, ridden with x-ray machines outdated by at least twenty years and empty medicine cabinets. Dr. Lauria’s experience is not an outlier. The dysfunctional and unsophisticated…

Malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo Malaria has been an issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a long time, however, recently the situation has gotten worse. In 2009, the organization called Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated just over 45,000 people with malaria. Although two years later, in 2011, the total number of people being treated more than tripled it and rose to over 150,000 (Smith). Malaria has impacted thousands of people living in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

corporations such as Bayer spent much of the last century searching for a “magic bullet” cure for malaria. As Lewis Coggeshall and other researchers found, it was not so simple. Coggeshall spent many summers in southern United States collecting anopheles mosquitos for research, and the life cycle of malaria was revealed. This life cycle has many stages in and out of the body, and it is difficult to synthesize a drug that treats all stages. A vaccine was also in question, however a bout with the…