https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt Made with charisma en-us 2022-01-11 04:33:55 UTC 2025-11-06 01:06:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f99f.png gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981332284 Possible places include: 
- large areas of Africa and Asia
- Some parts of Central America
- many other third world countries ]]> 2022-01-08 01:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981332284 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981335184 To get malaria, this mosquito is a pregnant female.
It is a vector (carrier) for the parasitic protist called plasmodium falciparum. This is what causes malaria.


]]> 2022-01-08 01:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981335184 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981351405 Malaria symptoms come in cycles. 
1. Cold cycle - shivering, chills
2. Hot stage - fever, vomiting, seizures in children
3. Sweating stage - sweats, return to normal temp, tiredness
A malaria attack usually lasts 6-10 hours.]]> 2022-01-08 02:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981351405 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981368571 Merizoites bursting causes blood cell loss, as well as a loss of oxygen and nutrients that the red blood cells carry. 
This causes the blood cells to break.
This causes:
Anemia and fatigue]]> 2022-01-08 02:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981368571 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981369275 2022-01-08 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1981369275 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989307805 The mosquito injects its saliva while drinking blood, and sporozoites- which are in the saliva and carry the plasmodium - is injected into the bloodstream.
Now, this person has Malaria.]]> 2022-01-13 00:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989307805 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989308647 2022-01-13 00:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989308647 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989309326 2022-01-13 00:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989309326 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989316013 Once the sporozoites enter a person’s bloodstream, they will travel to the liver, where they then enter liver cells. In the liver cells, sporozoites cannot be attacked by the immune system. This is where they first begin to reproduce.]]> 2022-01-13 00:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989316013 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989320741 A type of single celled organism (eukaryote).]]> 2022-01-13 00:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989320741 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989322910 It's noticeable that malaria is very common in hot places, since warm/humid conditions are perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos. 
Many countries that are affected by malaria are also poverty-stricken, which asks the question... (continued below)]]> 2022-01-13 00:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989322910 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989334525 After the sporozoites (now known as schizonts) reproduce in the liver cells, they burst out of the liver cells and travel in the bloodstream. 
This is where they begin infecting erythrocytes.]]> 2022-01-13 00:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989334525 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989337821 Now, the malaria - in the merozoite stage - enters erythrocytes, reproducing in them like in the liver cells until they burst out, destroying the blood cell. 

]]> 2022-01-13 00:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989337821 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989346116 In the blood cell, the merozoites reproduce by consuming the blood's hemoglobin, which is a protein that allows blood cells to carry necessary nutrients everywhere in the body.]]> 2022-01-13 00:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989346116 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989348960 Most symptoms may not show up immediately, as incubation period for malaria is about 7-30 days.]]> 2022-01-13 01:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989348960 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989350423 Commonly known as the red blood cell, which delivers oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.]]> 2022-01-13 01:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989350423 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989364433 2022-01-13 01:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989364433 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989369803 Sometimes, merozoites develop into a sexual form called gametocytes. 
Gametocytes do not actively harm the body, and flow regularly in the bloodstream - or rather, they are dormant until sucked up by another mosquito having a blood meal.]]> 2022-01-13 01:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989369803 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989413625 Once the gametocytes in the blood are sucked up by the next mosquito, gametocytes merge together to form male and female gametes. These fertilize together to form a zygote, which once matured, is called an ookinete.]]> 2022-01-13 01:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989413625 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989423341 A fertilized ovum, or a fusion of two opposite-sex gametes. ]]> 2022-01-13 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989423341 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989437970 The ookinete now latches onto the wall of the mosquitos gut. It is now known as an oocyst, which produces new sporozoites.]]> 2022-01-13 02:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989437970 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989442738 The sporozoites burst out of the oocyst and travel to the salivary glands of the mosquito, where the cycle starts over again.]]> 2022-01-13 02:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989442738 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989461433 Since it is impossible to rid of all mosquitos, mosquito prevention is one way of reducing malaria risk. 
Mosquito prevention ways include:
- mosquito tents
- repellant spray
- window screens
- long clothing, and treating clothing with permethrin (repellant) after worn]]> 2022-01-13 02:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989461433 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989465101 2022-01-13 02:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989465101 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989467090 A lot of treatments for malaria are on the market, such as the drug artemether lumefantrine. Quinine is used in drug-resistant malaria.
Medicines are designed to kill malaria parasites once in the body. It does not prevent malaria before it happens.]]> 2022-01-13 02:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989467090 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989481115 Many medications, like artemether lumefantrine (AL) are retail drugs that any person can purchase, but it is reported that they are often sold out easily and expensive
Some governments are combatting this, as the Government of Lagos state in Nigeria is providing free diagnosis and treatment to all people.]]> 2022-01-13 02:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989481115 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989555798 The RTS vaccine is currently the only vaccine approved to partially protect children from malaria. ]]> 2022-01-13 03:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989555798 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989562380 Some symptoms of severe malaria include, but are not limited to:
1. low blood pressure
2. cerebral malaria - abnormal behavior, loss of consciousness, seizures, coma, etc.
3. Severe anemia

]]> 2022-01-13 04:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989562380 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989567169 This has been attempted for decades, but due to the disease being widespread and mosquito habitats being small, intervention in this manner is not as effective.]]> 2022-01-13 04:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989567169 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989571666 2022-01-13 04:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1989571666 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990334215 The reproductive cells of an organism. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990334215 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990372032 Many people have the sickle cell allele (aka genotype HbAS), which causes sickle cell disease - but, it prevents malaria.
The disease causes blood cells to form into crescent shapes, which deprives the cells’ ability to transport sufficient nutrients around the world. 
The sickle cell gene quickly kills the malaria, as the schizont cannot properly grow inside a nutrient-insufficient erythrocyte. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990372032 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990379870 White - important steps
Green - questions 
Blue - definitions of important vocab
Purple - important details]]> 2022-01-13 13:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990379870 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990391093 2022-01-13 14:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990391093 gracelee22 https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990409111 The disease malaria is considered a parasite - which is an organism that harms another for its own benefit, and provides no benefits to the host of the parasite.]]> 2022-01-13 14:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gracelee22/gexqegchsbdt5wyt/wish/1990409111