the cell membrane, and any other organelle membrane, are mainly composed of phospholipids and proteins and is typically described as phospholipid bi-layers. 99 Views Akash S Maney
Consumption (medical condition): Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacteria that usually causes disease in the lung. Many people become symptom-free carriers of the TB bacteria. Although ... more. Consumption: See also:
Nearly 10,000 medical teams are giving out water purification tablets and treating people who have had contact with polluted flood water and so are at risk for getting snail fever, or schistosomiasis. Snail fever, or schistosomiasis, is a parasitic disease of the liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder. The disease is caused by a specific worm which enters a person's body from infested polluted water. There are three main species of these worms (flukes)-- Schistosoma haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni -- which cause disease in humans. The larval (young) forms of the parasitic worm live in freshwater snails.