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Malaria Assignment Around 250 million people suffer from malaria; approximately 2 million people per year will die from malaria most of these deaths occur in children under six years of age. Falciparum malaria is possibly the most poisonous of them all and it is transmitted into the bloodstream via the female (anopheles) mosquito. Anopheles mosquitoes are the most poisonous of the four types. The parasite that causes malaria is particular considering their hosts are both humans and Mosquitoes. Also four parasite protozoa cause malaria disease. The parasites are responsible for malaria are the, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malaria. The Plasmodium falciparum is probably the most deadly of them all. The parasite goes through a series of changes and becomes capable of sexual reproduction, this occurs inside the mosquito's stomach. Gametocytes develop into gametes and fuse to form a zygote, after fertilisation the zygote transforms into a matile...

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