computerages Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 Hello everyone! In this thread we will talk about malaria, and share our great knowledge with each other. let me go first Malaria is the most dangerous diseas, if you are infected by malaira you will die soon. It envades our immune system when a mosquito trys to play with our boddy. When it is done with its work, it lefts us behind with a disease named malaria. And we start thinking about to save our life, which can't be possible...
computerages Posted January 2, 2005 Author Posted January 2, 2005 i thought malaria was curable then explain it.
5614 Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/q1/quinine.asp quinine was the specific agent in the treatment of malaria
MulderMan Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 its italian for bad air. kills about 2 million anually, including 500 million infections. charles laveran disocvered its cause and won a nobel prize for it. vaccines are currently being developed but non fully effective. an alkaloid called Quinnie was origionally used to treat and prevent it but is now replaced by other drugs. there, all that from 5 minutes of reading
Ophiolite Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 Survival rates from Malaria are excellent, but are dependent, not surprisingly on the pre-existing health of the patient. As an example we see death rates climbing towards 10% in Zambia.. http://www.fightingmalaria.org/zambia/Zambia_treatment.htm while South Africa targets a rate of 0.5%. http://new.hst.org.za/indic/indic.php/124/
Drug addict Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 There are four different protozan organisms which can infect man and cause malaria. Plasmodium ovalae, P.vivax and P.malariae cause recurring malaria, which doesn't kill you. P. falciparum does (if you are not immune). The difference really is that P.falciparum produces more merozites (the blood form of the protozoa) when in the liver than the others do. The inital symptoms are the same (fevers, general discomfort, though falciparum is more severe), but the non-fatal ones let you off the hook after about a week. Unfortunately, falciparum goes on to cause cerebral malaria where the organisms block the capillaries in the brain, causing coma and then death. Luckily, prophylactic drugs are available, though which ones you need to take depends on where you are going to. However, some of the drugs are a bit pricey and have unpleasant side effects (but not as bad as getting malaria.) Developing a vaccine is problematic. Protozoa are more complex than bacteria or viruses, with much larger genomes. Also, the vaccine would have to be 100% effective in less than 1 hour, as that is how long the organism is in the blood for before entering the liver. With P.falciparum, if you miss just one, thats it. And of course, a vaccine would only be affordable to western holiday makers, who account for a tiny proportion of the people infected by malaria. But they would complain about the price anyway...
rakuenso Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Hello everyone! In this thread we will talk about malaria' date=' and share our great knowledge with each other. let me go first Malaria is the most dangerous diseas, if you are infected by malaira you will die soon. It envades our immune system when a mosquito trys to play with our boddy. When it is done with its work, it lefts us behind with a disease named malaria. And we start thinking about to save our life, which can't be possible...[/quote'] lol you portray it as if its some cuddly psychotic killer teddy bear.
MolecularMan14 Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 lol, strange that when my aunt had terrible lyme's, to the point where she was conscious about 3 hours a day, they infected her with malaria,and now she's perfectly fine!
esecallum Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 Hello everyone! In this thread we will talk about malaria' date=' and share our great knowledge with each other. let me go first Malaria is the most dangerous diseas, if you are infected by malaira you will die soon. It envades our immune system when a mosquito trys to play with our boddy. When it is done with its work, it lefts us behind with a disease named malaria. And we start thinking about to save our life, which can't be possible...[/quote'] Lets not talk about malaria. Lets cure it. http://forum.aidworkers.net/messages/141/141.html?1105057020
invisiblebrain Posted February 1, 2005 Posted February 1, 2005 hey u know that syphilis earlier to antibiotic discovery was treated by malaria. thay injected plasmodium so that it produces temperature and fries up the temp sensitive treponima pallidum.hey ....a person got nobel prize for that his name was julius wagner von jaureg (i think..that is the right spelling) u know the germans were the first to synthesize resochin(chloroquine) bayer did it... helped a lot in world war. allies got it when they liberated tunis and reverse engineered it. ha hitler was a man.... malaria is some of the worst diseases of the developing countries and i think its a lot better to use mosquito nets... they are the best protection... pyrethrum is not that good DDT resistance is rampant... looks like evolution
rakuenso Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Wasnt being heterozygous for sickle cell anemia provides a natural genetic immunity against it?
invisiblebrain Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 ya blood group DUFFY too that was the best thing malaria wont attck u then
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