The Electrical Terrain and Novel Proposals for Fighting Malaria Assessed in Relation To the Germ Terrain Duality Theory
Journal Title: Peer Reviewed Journal of Forensic & Genetic Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
The Germ-Terrain duality theory of disease states that the aetiology of certain diseases/diseased states is better explained as a complex interplay between germs and the inherent anatomical/physiological integrity of the body cells. It argues that the aetiology of certain diseases is not fully explained merely by the presence of germs (Germ Theory) or by a mere loss of cellular integrity (Terrain Theory). As a result, the prevention and treatment of such diseases should focus not just on fighting germs but on maintaining/restoring the anatomical/physiological cellular integrity. The Germ-Terrain duality theory is a harmonization of the current Germ Theory (popularized by Louis Pasteur) and the hitherto discarded Terrain Theory (popularized by Pierre Bechamp. Apart from the PH and size/shape of red blood cells another terrain parameter considered under the germ terrain duality theory is the electrical charge of the red blood cells. Red blood cell charge reduces during malaria. A change in electric charge affects germs (including malaria). The zeta potential is the degree of negative electric charge on the surface of a red blood cell, which is expressed in milli volts (one thousandth of a volt). The normal zeta potential of red blood cells is -15.7 milli volts. This is largely due to sialic acid residues in the membrane of red blood cells that get exposed because when sialic acid is removed from red blood cells, the zeta potential changes to -6.06 milli volts.
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Seun Ayoade
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- EP ID EP638461
- DOI 10.32474/PRJFGS.2018.01.000119
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