English Form One Notes – Intensive Reading
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Intensive Reading
This refers to reading detailed information for comprehension. We can read intensively about
diseases, soil erosion, drug abuse, and child labour
Responding to Specific Questions on Text Read
Respond to specific questions om a text read
Read the following text and answer the questions that follow
MALARIA THE KILLER DISEASE
Malaria affects people, apes, monkeys, and other mammals, Itis one ofthe most ancient diseases
known to man, In America, the fist cases ofthe disease were reported in 1493 – hence the belie
that it was probably imported by Columbus and his expedition
The main transmiter of the disease is the female anopheles mosquito, however.one can acquite
malaria through artificial means, such as blood transfusion. When one is bitten by the anopheles
mosquito, the blood is infected by a germ called plasmodium, A person who has contracted
‘malaria will suffer from symptoms including periodic fever, spleen enlargement, loss of appetite,
vomiting, headache, and anemia. There is @ general belief that there is only one type of malaria,
this is false. As you can see below, there are several types. The most widespread variety i the
Vivax malaria, sometimes called Tertin malaria. Ths type is notorious for resisting treatment.
There is also falciparum malaria, also called Subtertian malaria. This has the most severe and
most fatal It develops best in areas with high temperatures hence its confinement to tropical
areas, There is also Quartan malaria, prevailing inthe Mediterranean coast land. Tertian malaria
has been reported in East AMriea and isolated areas of South America
‘Now that malaria is killing thousands of people each day, are we all going to perish? The answer
to this question is yes; unless deliberate efforts are taken to prevent it, There are preventive
reasures against this killer disease, these include destruction of the mosquito breeding places,
taking ant-malaria drugs and using treated mosquito nets. If you think you have malaria, you