MACÉDOINE [Poetry]

AN INCREDIBLE BITE THAT ENTAILS A LOT

It's a cycle of living,
All gain but man in pain is diving;
A complete lifecycle it wanted,
That's why the female anopheles transported,
Vivax,ovale and falciparum in Homo Sapiens, are only interested,
Malariae with other primates it distributed.

An incredible bite that entails a lot;
A meal for her and a life for the uninvited visitor,
From the liver to the bloodstream,it takes a tour,
Feeding on the the beauty of blood,
Destroying it and floating in the flood,
Asexually reproducing it's new generation,
Taken into another vector by a bite,that's it's lifecycle completion,

Leaving man with fever,chills,headache,weakness and spleen enlargement,
In severe cases;yellow skin,seizures,coma or death,
Identified by blood examination and antigen detection test.
A disease that clusters in tropic climate areas,
And endemic in African areas,
Annual mortality rate of over a million,fires the fears,
No definite cure for it and so it dares,

How stubborn it is;evolving resistance to all the cures created;
Chloroquine,pyrimethamine,chloroguanide,despramine,halofanthrine,mefloquine and arteether.
How deceptive it is;changing it's form and becoming an elusive target in the immune system.
"Prevention is better than cure"they say,
With the preventive measures,it always find it's way,
In stubbornness like it,we should reflect like ray,
Prevent,and in hope we should lay;
Use of mosquito nets,insect repellent,medications and drainage of stagnant water can pay.
With the commitment of researchers to find an effective strong medication,we shall be free from it like day,
Free from Malaria and it's effects I hope,
For with hope,anything seems possible.

@poetickaleidoscope

#WORLD MALARIA DAY