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Plasmodium Falciparum - Malaria Pictures And Videos

Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

red blood cells and Plasmodium falciparum Anopheles mosquito

malaria symptoms ookinete, sporozoite and merozoite

bednet bednet - Image courtesy of Allen Hightower

A 10 minute documentary about the dangers of malaria. A complete view on how Plasmodium falciparum is injected to your skin during an Anopheles mosquito bite and how it penetrates your red blood cells. Also the methods that are being used for fighting against the disease.

Animated Plasmodium falciparum life cycle.

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Nematoda - Roundworms

· Anisakis
· Ascaris Lumbricoides - Giant Roundworm
· Enterobius Vermicularis - Pinworm
· Hookworms
· Loa Loa - Eye Worm - Subcutaneous Filariasis
· Strongyloides Stercoralis
· Trichuris Trichiura - Whipworm
· Wuchereria Bancrofti - Lymphatic Filariasis - Elephantiasis

Trematoda - Flukes

· Fasciola Hepatica - Liver Fluke
· Fasciolopsis Buski - Intestinal Fluke
· Paragonimus Westermani - Lung Fluke
· Schistosoma - Blood Flukes

Cestoda - Tapeworms

· Diphyllobothrium Latum - Fish Tapeworm
· Hymenolepis Nana - Dwarf Tapeworm
· Taenia Saginata - Beef Tapeworm
· Taenia Solium - Pork Tapeworm

Protozoa

· Balantidium Coli
· Entamoeba Histolytica - Amoebiasis
· Giardia Intestinalis
· Leishmania
· Plasmodium Falciparum - Malaria
· Toxoplasma Gondii
· Trypanosoma Brucei - Sleeping Sickness

Skin Parasites

· Cimex Lectularius - Bedbug
· Dermatobia hominis - Human Botfly
· Sarcoptes Scabiei - Scabies

Pictures And Videos