Those who completely lack receptor proteins called Duffy antigens are immune to one form of this disease.
Drugs containing a compound called artemisinin (AR-tuh-mih-SINE-in) are used to treat this disease, whose severity is lessened in individuals with thalassaemias (THAL-uh-SEEM-ee-uhs). Those who completely lack receptor proteins called Duffy antigens are immune to one form of this disease. Individuals who are heterozygous for the mutated allele for sickle cell anemia are at far less risk for this disease. Its longtime treatment was derived from Cinchona (sin-CHO-nuh) bark. For 10 points, the parasite Plasmodium causes what disease that was once treated by quinine (KWY-nine) and is spread by mosquitoes?
Drugs containing a compound called artemisinin (AR-tuh-mih-SINE-in) are used to treat this disease, whose severity is lessened in individuals with thalassaemias (THAL-uh-SEEM-ee-uhs).
malaria