Acid Nucleic na Plasmodium

Plasmodium ne ke haifar da zazzabin cizon sauro. Plasmodium wani nau'in eukaryote ne mai ƙwayoyin halitta guda ɗaya, wanda ya haɗa da Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax da Plasmodium ovale. Cutar kwaro ce da sauro ke yaɗawa da jini, wanda ke cutar da lafiyar ɗan adam sosai. Daga cikin ƙwayoyin cuta da ke haifar da zazzabin cizon sauro a cikin mutane, Plasmodium falciparum shine mafi muni. Lokacin kamuwa da ƙwayoyin cuta daban-daban na zazzabin cizon sauro ya bambanta. Mafi gajarta shine kwanaki 12-30, kuma tsofaffi na iya kaiwa kimanin shekara 1. Alamomin kamar sanyi, zazzabi, da zazzabi na iya bayyana bayan kamuwa da zazzabin cizon sauro, kuma ana iya ganin rashin jini da splenomegaly; alamu masu tsanani kamar su suma, rashin jini mai tsanani, da gazawar koda mai tsanani na iya haifar da mutuwa. Zazzabin cizon sauro yana da yaɗuwa a duk duniya, galibi a yankunan zafi da na wurare masu zafi kamar Afirka, Amurka ta Tsakiya, da Kudancin Amurka.

A halin yanzu, hanyoyin gano cutar sun haɗa da gwajin jini, gano antigen, da kuma gano nucleic acid. Gano kwayar halittar Plasmodium nucleic acid ta hanyar fasahar ƙara yawan sinadarin isothermal yana da saurin amsawa da kuma ganowa cikin sauƙi, wanda ya dace da gano manyan wuraren da ake fama da cutar malaria.