What is derived from the bark of several species of Cinchona
Quinine
Cinchona
Where were the first records of Malaria found?
Greece
Egypt
Africa
______________ can be used to provide protection to risk groups, especially young children and pregnant women in hig transmission areas.
insecticidal nets and Indoor residual spraying
antimalarial nets
The genus of protozoan vertebrate blood parasites that includes the causal agents of malaria
Plasmodium
Anopheles
chloroquine
You are most likely to die from
cancer
heart disease
stroke
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Several strains of the malarial parasite developed resistance to ____________ which caused malaria t become one the of world's leading re-emerging infectious diseases
Chloroquine
What permitted the European conquest of the tropics?
quinine
cinchona
Individuals who inherit ___________ hemoglobin genes with the sickle-cell mutation become ill and often die prematurely, but those who inherit only _________ gene with the mutation ar resistant to malaria
two, one
one, two
Malaria is caused by a parasite called
Glasmodium
Current world population is
8.2 billion
7.2 billion
6.2 billion
Only certain species of female mosquitoes of the _____________ genus can transmit malaria
Alopheles
Manopheles
Plant extracted anti-malarial drugs include
quinine and artemisinin
quinine and cinchona
What percentage of all childhood deaths in Africa are due to malaria?
30%
40%
20%
Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasite called
plasmodium
anopheles
The Countess of ChinchoĢn was cured of her malaria fever using the bark from a tree which was called afterwards
Minchona
Malrora
Mala aria means
bad air
bad breath
bad odor
Plasmodium falciparum
Anopheles albimanus
Cinchona calisaya
Cinchona maloria