26. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
27. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
• Can there be more than one host species?
28. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
• Can there be more than one host species?
• How are the host species geographically distributed?
29. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
• Can there be more than one host species?
• How are the host species geographically distributed?
• How does transmission occur?
30. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
• Can there be more than one host species?
• How are the host species geographically distributed?
• How does transmission occur?
• What cell type(s) does the parasite infect?
31. Interpreting parasite life-cycles
• What is the definitive host (sexual reproduction)?
• What is the intermediate host (asexual reproduction)?
• Can there be more than one host species?
• How are the host species geographically distributed?
• How does transmission occur?
• What cell type(s) does the parasite infect?
• What are the major developmental stages?
62. • GEMS set out to identify infectious causes of mild to
severe cases of pediatric diarrhea in developing countries !
• 7 study sites in Africa and SE Asia; 3 year study!
• ~10,000 children with MSD and ~13,000 controls (0-5yrs)!
• multiplex diagnostics leveraging a variety of molecular and
standard microbiological assays.
71. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
72. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
220 million people infected in 2010
73. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
220 million people infected in 2010
most are in sub-Saharan Africa
74. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
220 million people infected in 2010
most are in sub-Saharan Africa
over 600,000 deaths in 2010 alone
75. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
220 million people infected in 2010
most are in sub-Saharan Africa
over 600,000 deaths in 2010 alone
90% of these are in children under age 5
76. Malaria
Ranks as one of the ‘big three’ in
total mortality for infectious diseases
220 million people infected in 2010
most are in sub-Saharan Africa
over 600,000 deaths in 2010 alone
90% of these are in children under age 5
global prevalence has dropped 25% since 2000
77. Why is malaria so deadly?
Miller, et al., Science, 1994 vol. 264: 1878-1883.