protist diseases

• Explain malaria

  Caused by a protist. Mosquitoes are vectors. Causes fever.
• What is the protection against malaria?

  insecticides, mosquitoes nets
• What do pathogenic viruses do?

  They reproduce rapidly inside cells, causing cell damage when they are released.
• What is malaria?

  A disease caused by a protist. The protist is spread by biting mosquitos as the protist is a parasite that lives in the mosquito for part of it's life cycle.
• What are the symptoms of malaria?

  A fever and flu-like symptoms that recur every few days. The most common malaria infections cause fever every three or every four days and can be fatal.
• What is a vector species?

  A vector is a species that carries a microorganism from one infected individual to another. In malaria, the mosquito is the vector.
• How can we prevent the spread of malaria?

  Preventing the vector from spreading the protist, using mosquito nets to avoid being bitten. Preventing the mosquitos from breeding keeps vector numbers low.