Question

Choose one microscopic species that causes a human illness. Give the scientific name of the species, the disease it causes, and the vector, and then describe the symptoms in a 130 word paragraph or two.

Answer 1

The disease is a condition which results in the disorder of a function or structure in living organisms and it is not because of external injury. Pathology is the study of a disease. Some illness in the human body like malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease.
It affects other animals and humans and it is caused by parasitic protozoans. It is a bacteria which is a Plasmodium type. Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes and they are obligate parasites of insects and vertebrates.
Their lifecycle involves the development of a blood-feeding insect. Plasmodium is a member of phylum called Apicomplexan and in the family of Plasmodiidae. Species of Plasmodium are Anopheles and Culex. The classic symptoms of malaria are paroxysm but other infections include retinal damage, convulsion, joint pain, fever, and shivering.

Answer 2

Answer:

Microorganism- Plasmodium species.

Disease- Malaria.

Vector- Mosquito.

Explanation:

Plasmodium represents a genus of unicellular, eukaryotic microorganisms that affects various organisms, including humans. Malaria is a parasite-borne infection, caused by plasmodium species (scientific name- Plasmodium falciparum).

Female anopheles mosquitoes are vectors for the disease as they transmit the infection from one to another person during feeding.  

Common symptoms of malaria include fever, headaches, vomiting, tiredness, and chills. During severe conditions, it also causes seizures, yellow skin, coma or subsequently death.