Malaria

By: Kaylee Lemasters, Nick Sinley, and Zaid Omar Al-Shobaki

Type of disease

• The only known name we use for Malaria is simply, Malaria.

Description

• It is a parasitic disease that involves high fevers, shaking chills, flu-like symptoms, and anemia.

• Malaria is caused by the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes. After becoming infected, the parasites travel through the bloodstream to the liver and infect the red blood cells.

History

• Has been noted for over 4,000 years• Killed many people in ancient China and

Greece• In 1897, a man named Ronald Ross,

discovered that misquotes transmit the malaria virus from human to human

Symptoms

• The symptoms of Malaria include:• Anemia• Bloody Stools• Chills• Coma• Convulsions• Fever/headache• Jaundice• Muscle pain• Nausea/vomiting/sweating

Transmission

• Mosquitoes transmit the disease from person to person, also from one bird to another

Where it Originated

• First noted in Greece and China over 4,000 years ago

Cures/Treatments

• Two important used antimalarial drugs are derived from the qinghao plant and the cinchona tree

• These items are artemisinin and quinine

Video of how the parasite spreads

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JhfcHxHvXOg#t=1s

Works Cited

• CDC, . "CDC - Malaria." CDC. Global Health - Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 8 2 2010. Web. 26 Feb 2013. (CDC)MMVMeds4Malaria, . The Malaria Lifecycle -

Mosquito Stages . 2010. video. youtubeWeb. 26 Feb 2013

(MMVMeds4Malaria)