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environments festered with contaminated water supply and lack of food sources. Sub-Saharan Africa is plagued by many diseases, but the most common disease is Malaria. Malaria is a type of disease that is spread by the female mosquito of the genus Anopheles. An individual will start to experience high fevers and chills. If left untreated, the individual could possibly die (Heyneman, 2014). Antimalarial drugs are a type of treatment that can counteract this disease. Doxycycline is an antimalarial drug

Anopheles mosquitoes lay their eggs in water, which hatch into larvae, eventually emerging as adult mosquitoes (WHO), thus mosquito populations are larger in communities like Amporn’s village that are near large water bodies. There is evidence of this on page

“I remember it like it was yesterday; the high fever, the unbearable aches, the chills and the constant vomiting. I had it three times myself and so did my cousins. If my aunt was not a nurse, we probably would not be having this conversation right now.” said my good friend Virgile while describing his experience with Malaria. Virgile is from the Ivory Coast, where he lived the majority of his life before immigrating to the United States with his family. When I asked to speak to him to gain some

Abrany Morales PLT 300.02 Insects and Civilization Disease Term Paper Chikungunya Chikungunya is virus infection which is transmitted mainly by mosquitoes. This occurs when a mosquito feeds on an infected mosquito and becomes infected itself with the virus. From there on the people that the mosquito bites also become infected. In very rare occasions it has also been known for a mother to transfer the virus to her newborn around the time of birth but there have not been any cases where the virus

The Florida Keys is facing a crisis in the growth of deadly mosquito populations who pose a threat to its Tourists and residents. The species Aedes aegypti is an invasive species in the Florida Keys that carries Dengue Fever and Chikungunya and spreads these diseases to humans by biting them (Oxitec, “United States”). Dengue fever and Chikungunya are potentially fatal, viral ailments that have no present day treatment apart from treating patient’s symptoms (Oxitec, “United States”). According to

The Panamá Canal is a man-made 48-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. The idea of creating a water passage across the famous isthmus of Panama to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans dates back to at least the 1500s to 1600s , when Charles the king of spain t tapped his regional governor to survey a route along the Chagres River. This route at the time seemed

In the comparison of the types of two-species interactions, Predation and Parasitism are the most similar by far, since both of them have a +/- interaction pattern, where one part benefits and one is taken from. Examples of Predation would be a fox hunting a rabbit, as the fox benefits by gaining food and the rabbit is disadvantaged by dying, or being seriously/ fatally injured; another example would be a cheetah hunting an antelope in the same respects of the fox and the rabbit. Good examples of

Sand flies (Diptera: Nematocera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are a medically important group of insects in Tropical and Sub-tropical regions of the World (Rodani, 1840). They are small hairy yellow or gray colored insects 1.5-4mm in length (Robert, 1994).There are three features that make sand flies easy to recognize: “when at rest, they characteristically hold their wings at an angle above the abdomen; they are hairy; and they typically hop around on the host before settling down to bite (Killick-Kendrick

The Zika virus has recently arrived in the United States. Spread by the Aedes species of mosquitoes, this virus can cause birth defects in pregnant women. The mosquito that spreads the virus bites aggressively in the daytime, so individuals are at risk at any time of the day. Once infected, individuals may develop flu-like symptoms and can pass the virus on to someone else. How Is Zika Spread? While it can be spread sexually, Zika is spread primarily through mosquitoes. Once a mosquito bites

I will be talking about how Malaria affects people and how Sickle cell disease affects people. Also I will talk about how Sickle cell disease came around and how Malaria is transferred.The first account of malaria in Africa was in the 1880s by a French army surgeon who saw parasites in the blood of people. Malaria arose by people living in the low swamp lands of Africa. These grounds are breeding grounds for Mosquitoes that carry the parasite that causes the disease Malaria. Malaria is a parasite