38) Unit 2 - Challenges in Treatment and Control

Question 1

why is it hard to treat parasites

Answer 1

• rapid antigen change makes designing vaccines challenging
• hard to culture in the lab so experimentation is difficult
• The similarities between the host and the parasites metabolism makes it difficult to find a drug that only affects the parasite

Question 2

why may parasites spread rapidly

Answer 2

Poor sanitation

Overcrowding

Question 3

improvements in parasite control will result in?

Answer 3

reduction in child mortality. Will have the potential to grow and develop