Question
This disease produces Schüffner's dots that appear in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Individuals who do not express Duffy antigens are less susceptible to this disease. Drugs to treat this disease prevent the formation of crystalline heme known as hemozoin and include chloroquine. An extract from wormwood can be used to treat this disease, for which Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015. Artemisinin derivatives are used to treat this disease that was historically treated with quinine. Individuals with sickle-cell alleles have increased resistance to this disease. For 10 points, name this disease caused by Plasmodium parasites that is transmitted by mosquitoes. ■END■
ANSWER: malaria
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 55.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 47.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 71.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 58.08 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 68.89 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 43.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 66.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 43.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Tennessee B | 39 | 10 |
Zander Schwartz | Vanderbilt A | Vanderbilt B | 39 | -5 |
Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Auburn C | 41 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Belmont | 42 | 10 |
Benny Shtutman | South Carolina A | Clemson B | 42 | 10 |
Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Clemson A | 46 | 10 |
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | South Carolina B | 50 | 10 |
Sawyer Smith | Mississippi State A | Furman | 57 | 10 |
Sawyer Smith | Mississippi State A | Furman | 57 | 10 |
Peter Chen | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech B | 57 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech C | 63 | -5 |
Dylan Missal | Alabama A | Auburn B | 78 | 10 |
Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Emory Oxford | 84 | 10 |
Sambodh Sinha | Vanderbilt B | Vanderbilt A | 104 | 10 |