exposé Malaria/paludisme

« I Introduction Malaria is a potentially fatal parasitic disease transmitted by certain type of mosquitoes which feeds on humans.

People who get malaria are typically very sick with high fevers, shaking chills.

It was originally thought that this disease originated from swampy areas.

In 1880, scientists discovered the true cause of malaria, a single-celled parasite called plasmodium.

They then discovered that the parasite was transmitted from person to person through the bites of a female Anopheles mosquito, which needs blood to feed its eggs.

Currently, about 40% of the world's population in the world's poorest countries, for the most part, are exposed to malaria.

Before, it was a widespread (étendu) disease but it was eliminated in many temperate countries in the mid-twentieth century.

Malaria now affects the tropics and subtropics and is responsible for more than 300 million cases of acute illness and at least one million deaths each year.

Five time, the nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded for work associated with malaria. II Presentation plan We will split our presentation in 5 different parts. First of all, we will explain you how does the parasite is transmit to humans, if it’s an air-borne, vector-borne or a surface-borne disease. Then we will explain the consequences of the contamination like the symptoms, The History of the malaria, her discovery, and the different solutions that scientists has discovered today. III Contamination and transmission Is the Malaria Vector-born disease? Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than 700 000 deaths annually.

They can be caused by either parasites, bacteria or viruses. So the malaria is a vector-born disease because it’s transmitted by a certain type of mosquito. Malaria is transmitted when an infected Anopheles female mosquito bites a human, which injects the malaria parasite called Plasmodium into the blood.

The parasite travel through the bloodstream to the liver, and gradually infect the human red blood cells.

Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than 700 000 deaths annually.

They can be caused by either parasites, bacteria or viruses. IV symptoms of the malaria The malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease and can cause many symptoms that may first.... »