PPT-MALARIAL PARASITE

Dr Zahra Rashid Khan Assistant Professor Hematology Department of Pathology EPIDEMIOLOGY INTRODUCTION THE MALARIAL PARASITE Plasmodium vivax benign tertian Plasmodium ovale benign tertian. “A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it.” (Source: . Prof. . Anuradha. Nischal. Drugs used for . . prophylaxis. . treatment. and . . prevention. of relapse of malaria. Most important . parasitic. disease of humans, causing hundreds of millions of illnesses and probably over a million deaths each year.. Dr Zahra Rashid . Khan. Assistant . Professor, . Hematology. Department of Pathology. PARASITE. An . organism that lives in or on another organism (its . host. ) . from . which it obtains . nourishment. Preparing . African Rice Farmers Against Parasitic Weeds in a Changing Environment. . F. unded by:. . The . Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Science for Global Development . (. NWO-WOTRO). PLASMODIUM VIVAX ( MALARIAL PARASITE). Plasmodium malaria. Plasmodium malariae.  is a . parasitic.  . protozoa.  that causes . malaria.  in humans. It is one of several species of . Plasmodium. Kara Cromwell & Bobbi . Peckarsky. Photo: Angus McIntosh. INCREASING PARASITISM. Baetis. . bicaudatus. Gasteromermis. healthy . Baetis. lifecycle. p. arasitized . Baetis. -. mermithid lifecycle. Mrs. Ohoud . S.alhumaidan. Introduction . Paraitology. : . Parasitism : . (chapter 21). Parasite : . is an organism baring food and shelter temporarily or permanent and living in or on another organism. CfE . Advanced Higher. Unit 2 Organisms and Evolution. SQA . mandatory key information. Parasites tend to have a narrow niche as they have high host specificity and may lead to parasites which are degenerate. They are lacking in structures and organs found in other organisms. . : . Parasitism : . (chapter 21. ). Two organisms living together, one is benefited ‘’called parasite’’ and the other is harmed ‘’called host’’. Parasite : . I. s . an organism baring food and shelter temporarily or permanent and living in or on another organism. juliet. . olayinka. Malaria is a complex disease caused by . protozoan. parasites belonging to the . genus Plasmodium. .. The human . protozoa. of the . genus Plasmodium. is classified thus; . subkingdom: Protozoa;. Anuradha. Nischal. Drugs used for . . prophylaxis. . treatment. and . . prevention. of relapse of malaria. Most important . parasitic. disease of humans, causing hundreds of millions of illnesses and probably over a million deaths each year.. Plasmodium malaria. Plasmodium malariae.  is a . parasitic.  . protozoa.  that causes . malaria.  in humans. It is one of several species of . Plasmodium.  parasites that infect humans including . F Abbas. Pharmacology. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. In . 2019 there were 229 million cases of malaria worldwide resulting in an estimated 409,000 deaths. . Protozoa and . helminths. (animal parasites) are studied in medical . parasitology. .. Parasite may be classified as :. Ectoparasite. -. . They inhabit the surface of the body of the host without .