Malaria

Introduction: 
Malaria is caused by the plasmodium falciparum which under the phylum of Apicomplexa.

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Symptom:
Sudden coldness, followed by rigor, fever, sweat, headache, and coma.

Life Cycle 
1) An infected female mosquito delivers the parasites or sporozoites to human bloodstream through their saliva, which contains an anticoagulant that make steady blood flows.

2) Sporozoites are delivered to their target, liver. The sporozoites enter the liver cell and begin to grow. Meanwhile, the nucleus of the parasite divide constantly and at a certain point, it buds off and produce a thousand of Merozoites. The merozoites will enter the bloodstream under the circulatory system.

3) Merozoites reproduce in the red blood cells and burst out the infected cells

4) Some Merozoites develop into Gametocytes. The gametocytes enlarge into the oval structure with red blood cells.

5) In mosquito gut the gametocyte escape from erythrocytes and develop into gametes. The zygotes will be formed with two gametes (male and female)

6) The zygote matures into motile cell (ookinete), migrate to the guts of mosquito. In there, oocyst is formed and produce sporozoites which move to the salivary gland of mosquito.

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