Anopheles gambiae

Bilharzia is a disease caused by freshwater parasitic worms called flukes in certain tropical and subtropical countries. The fresh water becomes contaminated by infected animal or human urine or feces. The parasite goes in through the skin and enters the bloodstream and moves to the liver, intestine, and other organs. It is the third most devastating tropical disease in the world. More than 207 people, 85% of who live in Africa are infected and an estimated 700 million people are at risk of infection

The Panama Canal was a very tedious and tiring job to build. Many problems were faced during the making of this grand canal. Some of the problems were the fact that that was the time of Yellow fever and Malaria, which was carried by mosquitoes and spread fever to the people and workers in Panama. Another challenge was also digging up the steep, landslide prone, Culebra Cut. the bigger of these two problems was the Mosquitoes. Most of the Mosquitoes in Panama ethier carried Yellow fever or Malaria

Malaria, a potentially fatal disease, was discovered to be caused by only one type of mosquito by Ronald Ross and Giovanni Battista Grassi. Malaria affects over 300 million people each year. Without Ross and Grassi, the groundwork to find the cure for malaria would not have been set. Both Ross and Grassi could not have discovered what they did without each other. Although Ross won the Nobel Prize, it is clear that both Ross and Grassi should've gotten it. In chapter ten of Microbe Hunters by Paul

Mosquitoes are a big problem in Delaware, these critters can be very vicious they move in silence and are painless when they bite. When these blood sucking critters latch on, it's a possibility that they can let off the common virus they give people called the West Nile Virus (WNV). The population of mosquitos is outrageous because they multiply by the minute. Mosquito control is a serious problem in Delaware, because the environment here attracts them in droves, they spread diseases, and are an

The common name of Austrobilharzia Variglandis is a swimmer's itch. What does your worm look like? The Austrobilharzia Variglandis looks like a long, thin fish with two sharp ends or fins at the end of it. What is the life cycle of your worm? The life cycle of my worm is eggs are passed in waste, the eggs then hatch and release miracidia, the parasite develops in a molluscan intermediate host, humans are exposed to the dermatitis-producing cercariae, cercariae then makes it’s way to the skin of birds

About one million people die of malaria every year yet it is not highly publicized in the United States. This is because malaria is not as prevalent in the United States as it is in other parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and South America. Numerous amounts of people in the United States have heard about malaria but a lot of people do not know exactly what the disease is. Although people who get the disease are typically poor, malaria is a parasitic disease that can affect anyone, including

There currently is no known cures for these mosquito diseases, such as malaria, but with the help of genetic engineering and gene manipulation, scientist Anthony James “used CRISPR to engineer a version of Anopheles mosquitoes that makes them incapable of spreading the Malaria parasite” (Michael 4). The genetic modification of this species of mosquito can and will be used to create a whole new population of mosquito that are incapable of spreading Malaria. Furthermore

The next step involves the collection of the insects and beetles from the body and scene. Adult flies should be caught with a net, and then immobilized in a glass killing jar consisting of a cotton ball soaked in ethyl acetate. After a few minutes the adult flies can be transferred to vial with 75% ethyl alcohol. For the collection of beetles, using forceps or gloved fingers beetle can be placed directly into a vial of 75% ethyl alcohol. The next step is the collection of eggs and approximately

Health Care in Brazil    Brazil’s public health care system is not widespread which calls for major health concerns to the society.  The need for improved health care is vital throughout the country of Brazil. 60% of the population uses the public health care system however it is basic shots and emergency visits, there is also a shortage of doctors, nurses and hospitals in areas of low population. In the 1980s, the citizen of Brazil launched an initiative that encouraged and effectively applied

Chlamydia trachomatis is the bacterium that causes trachoma a chronic contagious infection of the cornea and conjunctiva and that trachoma is the world’s leading preventable cause of blindness. Trachoma is caused and transmitted through multiple routes, including contaminated fingers, flies and the use of dirty face cloth (Hopkins et al., 2008, p.476; Dolin et al., 1997, p. 1511; Thylefors, 1992, p.90; Resnikoff, et al, 2004, p. 844). All of which are hygiene related, such as direct infection by