Protist Diseases: Infection and Response

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Malaria Symptoms

Fevers and shaking

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How is Malaria spread?

The vector is female mosquitoes
When the mosquito punctures the skin to feed on blood, the protists enter the human bloodstream via their saliva

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Malaria prevention

Using (insecticide coated) insect nets while sleeping
Removing stagnant water to prevent the vectors from breeding
Travellers taking antimalarial drugs to kill parasites that enter the blood

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