| I am Malaria, an infectious disease. | | | | vulnerable.My specialty - Like I |
| Every year I kill approximately one | | | | mentioned before I have chosen mosquitos |
| point three million humans, and infect | | | | and in particular the females ones to |
| another 350-500 million. My work is | | | | get around. When a female bites a |
| mostly in the tropics where favorable | | | | person(if they have the correct |
| climates and lifestyles aid in my | | | | sporozoites in their salivary glands, |
| process. Over 85% of deaths occur in | | | | they will transfer the me, the virus, |
| Sub-Saharan Africa. Do I have your | | | | into the remote human body. I will then |
| attention?Why I exist - I exist because | | | | work my way into the liver where I will |
| as a result of the protozoan parasite. | | | | multiply inside of the hepatic liver |
| My mode of transit between humans for | | | | cells. It is there where I will turn |
| transmission is by mosquitos. Mosquitos | | | | into merozoites, and enter into red |
| are favorable as they are vast and | | | | blood cells, where I will continue to |
| persistent in their work, as I am in | | | | multiple. Sometimes if a relationship |
| mine. Although everyone is vulnerable to | | | | goes sour witin a red blood cell, I will |
| my attacks, it is pregnant women and | | | | break out, and move on. It is at this |
| infants under the age of five that I | | | | point of "break out" in which you will |
| have the most success with. A french | | | | begin to experience waves of fever. |
| army doctor names Charles Louis Alphonse | | | | These waves generally occur every 2-3 |
| Laveran first discovered me, and was | | | | days. Ingenuity is what I call it when I |
| awarded the Nobel prize for Physiology | | | | stick inside of the liver and the red |
| in 1907. (I am still waiting for my turn | | | | blood cells so that your immune sytem |
| to win the award). It was Alphonse, | | | | cannot ask me to leave. It is when |
| Charles that was the first person to be | | | | relationships are good and I remain in |
| able to describe my life cycle, as I | | | | the blood cells long enough to create |
| develop in the bodies of mosquitos and | | | | surface protiens so that I can stick |
| of my many human hosts.Do you have me? - | | | | onto the walls of blood vessels, |
| Your starting to get a feeling for who I | | | | otherwise I see my fate, and am |
| am; but how do you know if you have me? | | | | destroyed in the spleen. Because my |
| Trust me you'll know! I can cause | | | | surface protiens come in so many |
| several things, aka Symtoms of Malaria. | | | | variations they can easily out smart |
| My specialties include but are not | | | | your immune system, and I remain.Even |
| limited to: fever, shivering, | | | | when your immune system catched on to |
| arthralgia, vomiting, anemia, and if | | | | what I'm up to, I've already put on a |
| your looking for a really fun one: | | | | new coat, and guess what. It'll have to |
| convulsions. Sometimes individuals will | | | | start from scratch. You can see how me |
| even feel a tingling sensation in their | | | | hanging about in your blood vessels |
| skin.Why should you be listening to me? | | | | causes complications in your system.Feel |
| - If it isn't my sleek lines or | | | | free to reprint this article as long as |
| ingenuity you should be paying attention | | | | you keep the article, this caption and |
| because of numbers. The number of | | | | author biography in tact with all |
| victims every year that are infected | | | | hyperlinks.Ryan Fyfe is the owner and |
| with my virus. Infections are dangerous | | | | operator of Malaria Prevention - which |
| and complications with me, malaria, | | | | is the best site on the internet for all |
| include coma and death if untreated. | | | | malaria related information. |
| Young children again are especially | | | | |