Protist diseases

• Are protist diseases prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

  Eukaryotic - Have a nucleus
• How is malaria spread?

  By mosquitos which carry the Plasmodium protist
• How do mosquitos with the plasmodium protist pass malaria onto other people?

  • They suck the blood containing the protist from an infected person
  • The protist is passed on to other people they suck blood from, infecting them with the protist.
• State the symptoms of malaria

  • Fever
  • Sweats and chills
  • Headaches
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
• What can malaria damage in the human body?

  • The blood
  • The liver
• What can be done/used to prevent the infection/spread of malaria?


  • Sleep under mosquito nets
  • Wear insect repellents
  • Take antimalarial drugs