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