Only few were answered ,I need assistance. Thanks
2006-10-12 05:50:07 · 7 answers · asked by 2002 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
First person who died of malaria cannot be identified, since this disease has been around as long as mosquitoes have!! First death in known history is not recorded, as far as I can tell.
In 1880, French army doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran proposed that malaria was caused by a protozoan, the first time protozoa was identified as causing a disease. For this and later discoveries, he was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. A year later, Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor treating patients with yellow fever in Havana, first suggested that mosquitoes were transmitting disease to humans. Britain's Sir Ronald Ross showed in 1898 that certain mosquito species transmit malaria to birds and received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Medicine for describing the life cycle of the malarial parasite. The findings of Finlay were later confirmed by a medical board headed by Walter Reed in 1900, and its recommendations implemented by William C. Gorgas in the health measures undertaken during construction of the Panama Canal.
There are several families of drugs used to treat malaria. Chloroquine was the antimalarial drug of choice for many years in most parts of the world. However, resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine has spread recently from Asia to Africa, making the drug ineffective against the most dangerous Plasmodium strain in many affected regions of the world.
There are several other substances which are used for treatment and, partially, for prevention (prophylaxis). Many drugs can be used for both purposes; larger doses are used to treat cases of malaria. Their deployment depends mainly on the frequency of resistant parasites in the area where the drug is used.
Some species have a life cycle of as little as four days, whereas in other species some adult females can live through the winter, laying their eggs in the spring. Many species of mosquito live their adult stage in roughly two weeks to two months.
The females of blood sucking species locate their victims primarily through scent. They are extremely sensitive to the carbon dioxide in exhaled breath, as well as several substances found in sweat.
BTW, mosquitoes buzz everywhere!! You only hear them (usually) around your ears. There, the moisture from your ear canal is probably attracting them.
OKAY, I think that may take care of your questions.
2006-10-12 06:08:28 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this they will sting you and leave a whelp.
Also know that only the female Mosquito will suck blood.
This time and age one should do every thing possable to control the water holes around your premises, this will help to stop larvae from growing.
2006-10-12 05:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what the questions were but try this link they have alot of info
2006-10-12 05:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by seminoleswty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here, these should get you all the answers you need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria
2006-10-12 05:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-12 05:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are your questions.........ill try to help ya!
2006-10-12 05:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by crownvic64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK. Fire away.
2006-10-12 05:51:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋