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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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<br>By Edna Kemboi<br>
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Introduction

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Female anopheles mosquito feeding on a human skin [1].


By Edna Kemboi

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Introduce the topic of your paper. What microorganisms are of interest? Habitat? Applications for medicine and/or environment?

What is Plasmodium falciparum?

Plasmodium falciparum Include some current research, with at least one figure showing data.

Figure 1. Plasmodium falciparum[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

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Figure 2. Plasmodium falciparum life cycle.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria

Include some current research, with at least one figure showing data.

Mechanism of Chloroquine resistance

Figure 1. Erythrocyte.[http://phys.org/news/2014-01-strategy-emerges-drug-resistant-malaria.html

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Prevalence of malaria in Africa

Figure 1.[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0304/S00212/streets-of-london-big-breakthrough-on-malaria.htm

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References

[1] Chinappi M, Via A., Marctili P., and Tramontano A. "On the Mechanism of Chloroquine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum." 2010. PLoS ONE 5(11): e14064. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014064.

Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2015, Kenyon College.

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