Protists - Diseases

Question 1

What is common disease cause by a protist?

Answer 1

Malaria

Question 2

What’s the name of the mosquitoes that transmits malaria .

Answer 2

Female Anopheles mosquitoes

Question 3

Name the protists that cause malaria

Answer 3

Plasmodium protozoan

Question 4

In 6 steps explain the cycle of malaria:

Answer 4

1. When the female anopheles mosquitoes pierces the human skin for it to suck blood the plasmodium parasite is injected with an anti coagulant into human
2. Parasite goes to liver and asexually reproduces within 30 minutes
3. Parasite renter blood and infect red blood corpuscles and continue to multiply within RBC
4. 10 days later RBC burst releasing more parasites which infect more RBCs which bursts causing body temp to rise
5. When anopheles mosquitoes bite human again some parasites are sucked by mosquitoes and there they will sexually reproduce
6. Plasmodium moves to salivary gland of mosquitoes and is ready to infect again

Question 5

Symptoms of malaria

Answer 5

Fever
Headache 
Sweating
Flu like symptoms 
Nausea and vomiting

Question 6

Treatments for malaria

Answer 6

Many drugs that can cure but treatment must start asap

Question 7

Ways to prevent and control malaria

Answer 7

• Get rid of mosquitoes by draining stagnant water
• House sprayed with insecticide
• Sleep under mosquito net
• Apply mosquitoes repellent and wear long sleeved clothe
• install insect screen on widows and doors
• when entering high risk malaria are obtain anti malaria meds