Plasmodium

Polluted water is also a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Mosquito bites can affect human health and cause diseases, such as malaria and dengue. In general, malaria is a protozoa infectious. The pathogen is one of five human pathogenic species of Plasmodium. The main mosquito vector is Anopheles. Whereas dengue is a viral infection. The pathogen is dengue virus. The main mosquito vector is Aedes. Both diseases can cause acute febrile illness. However, malaria can be chronic while dengue cannot.…

tropical and subtropical regions which characterize most regions in Africa. Also, poverty, lack of knowledge, and little or no access to health care contribute to numerous deaths causes by malaria in Africa. The majority of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which is the one of the most dangerous human malaria parasites. The most widespread effective malaria vector in Africa is the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, which is why malaria cases…

Fava bean has over the years being a good source of various nutrients and dietary supplements. Fava bean has no saturated fat or cholesterol and contains a high concentration of some B family vitamins, vitamin K, potassium, copper, selenium, zinc, magnesium, iron, isoflavone, and dietary fibers. A serving of cooked or fresh fava beans can significantly increase your intake of dietary fibers and all nutrients that can benefit your health in many ways. POTASSIUM Potassium is a vital mineral to…

helping the less fortunate. Malaria is most common in poor tropical areas in the world, with the most common being various regions in Africa (“Impact of Malaria”, 2016). The biomedical cause of malaria is mosquitos, and the organisms that causes it is Plasmodium. The weather in these areas causes the perfect breeding grounds for transmission throughout the year, and also influenced the socioeconomic background of the communities. In addition, this also affects…

A 36-year-old female presents to the emergency department with fever and chills, which have been ongoing for the past two days. She describes paroxysms of shaking chills, which last about an hour then are followed by high-grade fevers. She also reports malaise, generalized body aches and joint pain. She notes that her urine in the morning seemed unnaturally dark. She just returned from a missionary trip in Cameroon (Central Africa) where she volunteered for two weeks as a teacher. She can’t…

HLTIN301C Assignment Q5a+b need answering 1. List and give a brief description of the four main groups of microorganisms. • Bacteria – A single celled organism that thrives in diverse environments. There are 5 groups that bacteria can be divided into (according to shape): bacilli, cocci, filamentous, spirilla and vibrio. Some are beneficially good for the body and others can be parasitic and produce toxins that can cause disease or death. • Fungi – A single celled or multicellular organism…

comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA), and a comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) studies on a series of benzo[b]thiophene-containing selective inhibitors of plasmodial NMT. Two QSAR models were constructed, one for Plasmodium falciparum NMT and another for Homo sapiens NMT, for each QSAR method. The predictive ability of all QSAR models was significant (r2 > 0.90 and q2 > 0.70). Comparing results of different enzymes, we achieved great understanding of…

memory B-cells begin to replicate and produce antibodies much efficiently, e.g. wild hepatitis A virus infection (Baxter, 2007; Portnoy, 2004). There are however, some exceptions e.g. malaria. Individuals develop only a partial immunity against Plasmodium falciparum even after multiple exposure to malaria. Individuals with this type of partial immunity may still be infected but do not display severe disease conditions. It is also important to note that level of risk of infection directly affects…

cell, red blood cell infected by Plasmodium falciparum, or red blood cell infected by Plasmodium vivax? Lowest? What are the implications for disease (i.e., what happens when the infected cells are stiff? Compliant?) The elastic modulus of the red blood cell affected by Plasmodium falciparum is considered to be the highest as it stiffness increases still it reaches the schizont stage of infection .While the lowest elastic modulus is for the cell affected by Plasmodium…

we should not have to endure as part of a normal childhood. Malaria is a global disease that is responsible for up to 300 million cases and 700,000 deaths annually. My research with Dr. Blair focused on annotating the Plasmodium yoelii (P.yoelii) genome. Whilst human malaria Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) genome warrants the majority of the attention, the accuracy of the rodent model P.yoelii is necessary and important for the pipeline of drugs/vaccine…