important diseases - smallpox, influenza, and malaria

• what type of organism is small pox


  virus
• what type of organism is influenza


  virus
• what type of organism is malaria


  protoctistan parasite
• what is the name of the virus that causes smallpox


  virola major
• how many main types of sub groups are there that cause influenza


  3
• what is the name of the protoctistan parasite that causes malaria


  plasmosium
• what is the source of infection for smallpox


  other infected individuals in close proximity
• what is the source of infection for influenza


  other infected individuals in close proximity
• what is the source of infection for malaria


  female mosquitoes acting as vectors
• what tissues are affected by smallpox


  small vessels of the skin mouth and throat
• what are the symptoms caused by smallpox

  rash ans blisters
• what tissues are affected by influenza


  upper respiratory tract
• what are the symptoms caused by influenza


  sore throat coughing and fever
• what tissues(cells) are affected by malaria

  liver cells and red blood cells
• how does malaria cause a sever fever

  they cause the liver and red blood cells to burst causing them to produce more parasites
• what are the symptoms caused by malaria


  a sever fever
• What is the mode of transmission for malaria?


  vector -mosquito
• What is the mode of transmission for small pox

  airborne droplets
• What is the mode of transmission for influenza


  airborne droplets
• why are there no prevention and or treatment methods for small pox

  small pox is now extinct due to low level mutation rates
• how is the spread of influenza prvented

  quarantine and hygiene
• what are the methods of control and treatments for influenza

  an annual vaccination
• how is the spread of malaria prevented


  knowledge of life cycles ,nets clothing and repellent
• what are the methods of control and treatments for malaria


  drugs that affect the plasmodium outside cells are available but have little success ,vaccines are difficult to develop