Malaria
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parasites have been with us since the beginning of time, and
fossils of mosquitoes up to thirty million years old show that ’s vector
has existed for just as long. The parasites causing are highly specific,
with man as the only host and mosquitoes as the only vector. Every year,
300,000,000 p ....
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Plasmodium malariae. Not only is the disease specific, but the parasites are
too, with only 60 of 380 species of female Anopheles mosquitoes as vectors.
With the exception of Plasmodia Malariae which may affect other primates, all
parasites of malaria have only one host, Homo sapiens. Because some mosquitoes
contain substances toxic to Plasmodium in their cells, not all species of
mosquitoes are vectors of Plasmodium. Although very specific, malaria still
causes disruption of over thr ....
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