1.1. Malaria

Question 1

egress

Answer 1

go out of or leave (a place).

Question 2

parasitophorous vacuole (PV)

Answer 2

a structure produced by apicomplexan parasites in the cells of its host.
The PV allows the parasite to develop while protected from the phagolysosomes of the host cell.

Question 3

haemozoin

Answer 3

a biocrystal synthesized by Plasmodium and other blood-feeding parasites to avoid the toxicity of free heme derived from the digestion of hemoglobin during invasion of the erythrocytes

Question 4

cytostome

Answer 4

(from cyto-, cell and stome-, mouth) or cell mouth is a part of a cell specialized for phagocytosis, usually in the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove.
Food is directed into the cytostome, and sealed into vacuoles.

Question 5

pfKAHRP

Answer 5

knob-associated histidine-rich protein

Question 6

ICAM-1

Answer 6

intercellular adhesion molecule

Question 7

CSA

Answer 7

chondroitin sulphate A

Question 8

Febrile

Answer 8

having or showing symptoms of a fever

Question 9

myalgia

Answer 9

pain in a muscle or group of muscles

Question 10

G6PD

Answer 10

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Question 11

apicoplast

Answer 11

a unique organelle in the parasite

Question 12

prophylaxis

Answer 12

treatment given or action taken to prevent disease

Question 13

ACT

Answer 13

artemisin combination therapy

Question 14

P. falciparum (Plasmdium Falciparum)

Answer 14

unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, & deadliest species of plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
Parasite is transmitted through the bite of female Anopheles mosquito

Question 15

RDT

Answer 15

Rapid diagnostic test

Question 16

birefringent

Answer 16

having two different refractive indices