The Malaria Thread

[malkin86]

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Share your malarial knowledge! ... please?

http://www.medicalecology.org/disease/d_malaria.html
good stuff

http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Articles/Pages/Concept.html
thing on diseases, some malarial stuff

http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/g...2/ecnomic5.htm
pictures of quinine

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/perbar29.html
information on quinine.

[bluesky100]

Malaria:

Is caused by a parasite that invades the RBCs and feeds on haemoglobin (Hb). Sickle-cell haemoglobin (HbS), is indigestible to to malaria parasites, and people heterozygous for sickle-cell disease are resistant to malaria

Saladin, K., Anatomy & Physiology, 2004.

[malkin86]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992874
They've sequenced a mosquito genome and the most deadly malaria genome.

[delz]

Hey this is a malaria assignmnet I did I strongly advise u dont just copy and paste it needs to be edited heaps

Hope it helps

Dela

[delz]

It had pictures throughout but i had to remove because it took up too much room if u use the bibliography u should be able to find the pictures and any other information you wish to include the websites with gov on the end were the most helpful. Hope it will be of some use to u

Dela

[queenie]

um you guys, u dnt need to know much about malaria. All you need to know is the historical development, which is scientists and all that stuff... wat r u guys going on about?

[malkin86]

You can use malaria for other dps than the historical development.

[chingly_choo]

I fear that even this will not help me pass my exam

[queenie]

Originally Posted by malkin86

You can use malaria for other dps than the historical development.

such as what?

dude, why would u use malaria for the dotpoint that says symptoms etc when u can use something as easy as influenze and still get the same marks (if not better) for learning less?

im really confused.

[malkin86]

But it's not learning less - you'd have to remember all the stuff on malaria (and the symptoms etc. would be considered 'common knowledge') AND the stuff on the flu. I just found it easier with less case studies, but if that doesn't work for you, that's fine too.

[queenie]

u dnt need to know malaria's symptoms; u jus needa know the historical development.

this is taken out of part of my notes from last year;

Outline the historical development of our understanding of the cause and prevention of malaria


- Firstly, in the mid 1700s(?) Pasteur proposed the germ theory of disease - ie, that all diseases are caused by microorganisms. he also disproved the theory of spontanous generation. Koch's postulates are the modern scientific methodology in confirming the cause of a disease

• In the 1600s, Quinine (an extract extracted from the bark of a tree) was first used in Europe to treat malaria.

In 1880 Laveran discovered the pathogen that causes malaria; a protozoa called Plasmodium V.Vax *or something* Plasmodium caused the disease. Other species of Plasmodium were discovered over the next 10 years.

• In 1897 Ross found cysts in the stomach walls of the mosquito and identified the cysts as the malaria-causing parasite. Ross proved that mosquitoes transmit malaria and began investigation controlling the disease. Ronald Ross’ work on Malaria identified insects as vectors of disease (a vector is an arthropod that acts as a carrier of a pathogenic organism.) Malaria is a disease transmitted by the insect vector- female anopholes mosquitoes.

• In 1898 Grassi demonstrated the mosquitoes can carry Plasmodium in their digestive systems.

• In the late 1940s, chloroquine was developed. It was the first synthetic anti-malarial drug used. Initially, it was very effective in curing malarial infections but many strains of malaria are now resistant to it.

• In the 1950s, the WHO began a coordinated effort to eradicate malaria. This involved methods to destroy mosquitoes (such as introducing fish into swamps to eat mosquitoes draining swampy land, and spraying oil onto pools of water) and extensive use of antimalarial drugs.


most important thing there is that u need to know the vector - FEMALE ANOPHELES mozzies (not all mozzies cause malaria, and u gotta be specific in bio).

So theres the historical development, u dnt need to know any more...

The flu is so much easier for the other syl dotpoint cause its pretty much general knowledge, if you do malaria u gotta know the lifecycyle and its VERY complicated. It used to be part of the old sly but they cut it out.

Anyway, do watever u want, like i care

[miss_ripcurlgir]

is anyone else doing a malaria assignment atm? my school is making us do one one malaria, the aqis, endemic diseases to australia etc. meh bio is boring

[malkin86]

Scientists 'one step closer' to finding malaria vaccine

[penciltron]

these new developments for malaria are great but im wondering if i shud use it in my exams, because if the teacher doesnt know about them will i get any marks for using them?

[Abtari]

malaria in the syllabus is only considered in terms of its historical development and NOT its symptoms, causes, transmission, host response, control, treatment etc. that is for any disease you like but just out of convenience, many choose to use malaria anyway as this limits the scope of which they need to know for the hsc.

hope those who are confused are clearer.