Giardiasis is a water-borne protozoal diarrheal-disease that is cause by parasites in the genus Giardia.…
Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
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Leishmaniasis is the parasitic disease caused by the protozoal organism, Leishmania. The disease affects the…
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Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
FACTORS THAT AFFECTÂ TRANSMISSION OF MALARIA
by DrChikaEnvironmental factors greatly enhances the spread and transmission of malaria because these climatic factors which…
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Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
TERMINOLOGIES USED IN PLASMODIUM INFECTION
by DrChikaReferences Aschengrau A and Seage G.R (2013). Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health. Third edition.…
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Mosquito species including those of Anopheles carry out effective breeding and survival in freshwaters (i.e.…
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HUMAN PLASMODIUM SPECIES: causative agents of malaria
by DrChikaMalaria in humans is majorly caused by four (4) species of Plasmodium. Plasmodium species are…
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Trichinellosis or trichinosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by tissue nematodes or roundworms after…
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Paragonimiasis or lung-fluke infection is a protozoan lung disease that resembles bacterial tuberculosis in humans;…
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Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease that is caused by a tissue nematode (roundworm) which…