Biology
What causes malaria?
Mosquito bite
Name two ways to prevent malaria
Netting, screening, clothes, DEET, preventative medications and permethrin
What is the name of the marshes where malaria is believed to have orignitated from in Italy?
Pontine Marshes (once plains)
What is the name and gender of the mosquito?
Anopheles female mosquito
What are three areas most affected by malaria (geographically and currently)?
Sub-saharan Africa, Amazon basin, Asia, and other tropical regions
Name one of the reasons that Ostia Antica became infected with malaria
Changing course of the tiber, pausing on trade, closing sea port, and rise as suburban area
Name three malaria symptoms
High fever chills discomfort headache diarrhea nausea abdominal pain muscle pain fatigue
List four populations at risk for malaria
Infants, children under 5 years, pregnant women, travelers, and people with HIV and AIDS
Describe two reasons why they know malaria was behind the fall of rome
DNA analyses from baby bones, ancient medicine discovery, puppy carcasses discovery, year timeline closeness
Bite by female infected Anopheles mosquito, release of plasmodium _____, travel through ________, and infected red blood cells, repeated rounds of replication as ________
1) sporozoites
2) skin, circulatory system, and liver
3) Gametocytes
Name two of the countries in the continent with the most malaria cases
Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Mozambique
Name of the malarial treatment discovered in the renaissance time that was used to make the quinine medicine later used to eradicate malaria
Cinchona tree
Name one of the two anti-malarial vacines
RTS,S
R21/Matrix-M
When was malaria eradicated in the U.S.?
1951
What was the name of the senator who led the national mapping project?
Tortelli