Jim: "Malaria is caused by a intracellular protozoan, not a viron. "
Sandee: Thanks Jim, for this info. now seeing as how I do not know what that means, will C.S. reach or be able to deal with this malady ? Me: http://www.safewater.org/facts/protozoan.htm writes it up nicely. Very clearly, in fact. http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/disk3/images/img0031.jpg will show you some pictures. So will http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/disk3/images/img0063.jpg - they look like a herd of elephants among the simple cells. http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/vpar5333/5333iia.htm will describe the protozoans, eg amoebae. For instance, The Apicomplexa are a taxonomic group that possess structures known collectively as an apical complex. The apical complex is found in the sporozoite and merozoite stage of all genera of malaria, piroplasms, coccidia (and related organisms) and Pneumocystis carinii. The apical complex (seen only at the ultrastructural level) consists of one or two electron dense polar rings at the anterior end of the cell, a conoid (seen in some coccidia) that lies within the polar ring , and two or more rhoptries located within the polar ring extending posteriorly from the plasma membrane. Subpellicular microtubules extend from the polar ring parallel to the long axis of the cell (except in the genus Babesia) presumably functioning as support for the cell. Micronemes lie parallel to the rhoptries and often merge with them at the apex of the cell. Rhoptries and micronemes probably are secretory organelles and facilitate penetration into the host cell. There now, that wasn't hard, was it? You quite enjoyed it, didn't you? R Viron (Mike to his friends) is an IT expert who's good at Linux, good to his girlfriend Deedra, and connected to Phi Eta Sigma, among other things. He very rarely causes malaria to anyone. Virion: A complete virus particle with its DNA or RNA core and protein coat as it exists outside the cell. Also called a viral particle. or: A complete viral particle, consisting of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein shell and constituting the infective form of a virus. Nice pictures on http://www.path.ox.ac.uk/dg/newindex.html http://www.path.ox.ac.uk/dg/vstructure.html The biologist says: Viruses are very small particles which infect humans, animals, plants and even bacteria. Virus particles (or virions) are unable to make copies of themselves and they must infect a living host cell in order to make more copies of themselves. Viruses cause serious diseases in animals such as rabies and foot-and-mouth disease. Viruses cause many serious human diseases such as hepatitis, polio, influenza and AIDS. Virus comes from the Latin word for poison. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
