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Blood cell infected with malaria parasite

Malaria is caused by the single-celled parasite Plasmodium. It is transmitted from one person to another by certain species of blood sucking mosquito. The parasite spends part of its complex life cycle inside red blood cells.

STI Tutorial & Quiz

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First, let’s tackle what ‘sexually transmitted infection’ actually MEANS.

Working backwards…

‘Infection’ means an invasion of your body by something foreign.

A virus is one example of ‘something foreign’ – there are lots of other examples. Infections often, but not always, cause illness.

‘Transmitted’ refers to the way in which an infection is passed on. For example, an infection could be transmitted through the air – this would happen if you breathed in a virus that someone else has sneezed out.

‘Sexually’ means ‘through sexual contact’.

THEREFORE – a sexually transmitted infection is:

"an invasion of your body by something foreign passed on to you through sexual contact."

Get it? Got it? - GOOD.

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