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15 Plasmodium and Malaria Flashcards

1
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Factors affecting malaria

A 
Temperature
Altitude
Humidity
Rainfall
Seasons
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Causative agent of malaria

A

Plasmodium

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3
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Plasmodium is transmitted through the bite of what genus of mosquito

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Anopheles

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4
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Most important parasitic infection
Most virulent
Responsible for malignant tertian fever

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P. falciparum

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Numerous smaller rings
Crescent-shaped gametocytes
Maurer’s clefts

A

P. falciparum

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Irregular blotches developed by infected erythrocyte

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Maurer’s clefts

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Schizonts of P. falciparum contain how many merozoites

A

8-24

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8
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Responsible for benign tertian fever

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P. vivax (along with P. ovale)

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9
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Enlarged erythrocyte
Schuffner’s dots
Amoeboid-shaped trophozoite

A

P. vivax

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10
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Peculiar stippling pattern observed from an enlarged red cell as a trophozoite grows inside it

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Schuffner’s dots

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Schizonts of P. vivax contain how many merozoites

A

12-24

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12
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Not endemic in the Philippines unless imported

Also involved in benign tertian fever

A

P. ovale

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Trophoizotes are compact

Also contain Schuffner’s dots

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P. ovale

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Schizonts of P. ovale contain how many merozoites

A

6-14

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15
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Compact parasite

Merozoites form rosette pattern

A

P. malariae

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16
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P. malariae schizonts contain how many merozoites

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6-12

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17
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Mostly known to infect Simian malaria

Considered zoonotic, infect humans

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P. knowlesi

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18
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P. knowlesi forms what kind of stippling when observed under microscope

A

Sinton and Mulligan’s

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19
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Clinical presentation of P. knowlesi infection

A

Severe anemia
Thrombocytopenia
Acute respiratory distress syndrome

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20
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Definitive host of Plasmodium

Found in rural areas with clean, stagnant or running water

A

Anopheles

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21
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Intermediate host of Plasmodium

A

Man

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22
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Human liver stage

Schizonts and merozoites

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Exo-erythrogenic schizogony

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23
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Ring-stage trophozoites
Schizonts
Merozoites

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Erythocytic schizogony

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Infective stage of Plasmodium

End product of the sporogonic cycle

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Sporozoites

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25
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The primary site of plasmodium infection

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Liver

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26
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Mature sporozoites in the liver

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Schizonts

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27
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Individual small dots within the schizont
Daughter cells from the schizonts
Produced via asexual reproduction

A

Merozoites

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28
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Manifest with liver symptoms: jaundice and abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant/epigastric area

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Exo-erythrocytic schizogony

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Human blood stage

Daughter merozoites infect the RBCs

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Erythrocytic schizogony

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30
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Stages of erythrocytic schizogony

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Ring stage trophozoite
Schizonts
Merozoites

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31
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Early/young stage of trophozoite

Has a red chromatin dot and small amount of blue cytoplasm when stained with Giemsa or Wright’s stain

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Ring stage trophozoite

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32
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Trophozoites dividide within the RBC

Contain multiple merozoites

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Schizonts

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33
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Form the zygote via sexual reproduction

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Macrogametocyte and microgametocyte

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34
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Mosquito phase

A

Sporogonic cycle

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35
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Stages of sporogonic cycle

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Zygote
Ookinetes
Oocysts
Sporocysts
Sporozoites
36
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Produces antigenic Pf proteins on the surface of RBCs, which serve as an escape mechanism from destruction by the spleen

A

P. falciparum

37
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Most common and most well-documented complication of P. falciparum infection

A

Cerebral malaria

38
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Renewal of parasitemia and/or clinical features arising from persistent unpredictable asexual parasitemia in the absence of exo-erythrocytic cycle
Only applicable for P. falciparum, P. malaria and P. knowlesi

A

Recrudescence

39
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Dormant stage found in liver

A

Hypnozoites

40
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Which Plasmodium species have hyponozoites in their life cycle

A

P. vivax and P. ovale

41
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Results from the reactivation of hypnozoite forms of the parasite in the liver

A

Malaria relapse

42
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Affects RBCs of all ages

A

P. falciparum

43
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Affect young erythrocytes

A

P. vivax

P. ovale

44
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Affect old or mature RBCs

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P. malariae

P. knowlesi

45
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Incubation period of P. falciparum

46
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Incubation period of P. vivax/ovale

A

12-18 days

47
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Incubation period of P. malariae

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18-40 days

48
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Incubation period of P. knowlesi

A

11-12 days

49
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Cold stage
Midday
15 mins-1 hour
RBCs simultaneously burst out because of infection, releasing cytokines due to anemia

50
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Hot stage, high grade fever, lasts up to 6 hours
High grade fever would be >39 deg C
Due to recruitment of tumor necrosis factor and interleukins
Length of phase depends on the species of malaria

51
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Peaks every 48 hours

P. vivax and P. ovale

A

Benign tertian fever pattern

52
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Fever peaks every 72 hours

P. malariae

A

Quartan fever pattern

53
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Fever peaks in a range (24-48 hours) and is not exactly predictable
P. falciparum

A

Malignant tertian fever pattern

54
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Fever peaks at about the same time every day (24 hours)

A

Quotidian fever pattern

55
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Sweating stage with gradual resolution of fever
Merozoites infect uninfected RBCs
Reset of thermoregulatory system

A

Profuse sweating

56
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Death of RBC leads to ____ state due to less oxygen delivery

57
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Converts lactic acid into pyruvate

A

Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase

58
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Sever malaria clinical manifestations

A 
Cerebral malaria
Severe anemia
Renal failure
Pulmonary edema/ARDS
Hypoglycemia
59
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Caused by widespread sequestration of infected erythrocytes in the cerebral microvasculature

A

Cerebral malaria

60
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Most patients with particularly complicated malaria present with _____

A

Hypoglycemia

61
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Diagnostic tools for Plasmodium

A 
Antigen/enzyme determination
Blood thick and thin smears
Polymerase chain reaction
Antibody detection
Drug resistance
62
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Dip stick or casette formation

Determines if the sample is P. falciparum or P. vivax

A

Antigen/enzyme determination

63
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Antigens being tested in rapid diagnostic test

A

Histidine-rich protein II (HRP-2)

Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH)

64
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Only for epidemiology studes

A

Antibody detection

65
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In vitro tests

Molecular characterization

A

Drug resistance tests

66
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Gold standard for diagnosis
Used for confirmation
Giemsa-stained

A

Blood thick and thin smears

67
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When do you usually conduct blood smears to catch the rupture of the RBCs and the fever spike?

A

Every 6-12 hours for 48-72 hours

68
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Greater sensitvity for screening of the presence of malarial infection

A

Thick smear

69
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For species identification
For parasite density quantification
For visualizing schizonts/gametes

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Thin smear

70
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Characteristic of a P. falciparum gametocyte

A

Banana-shaped/elongated

unlike others that have circular shape

71
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Stippling differentiation;

Maurer’s cleft

A

P. falciparum

72
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Stippling differentiation James dots

73
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Stippling differentiation Schuffner’s dots

74
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Stippling differentiation:

Ziemann’s dots

A

P. malariae

75
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Used as backup or confirmation of microscopy

Used to differentiate P. malariae from P. knowlesi

76
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First-line drug

Schizonticidal

A

Artemeter/Lumefantrine

77
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Acts on exo-erythrocytic stages

14-day treatment against P. vivax to kill hypnozoites and gametocytes

A

Primaquine

78
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Used to be the primary drug for treatment of malaria

No longer used due to widespread resistance

A

Chloroquine

79
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First-line treatment of unconfirmed malaria

80
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First-line treatment of P. falciparum

81
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Treatment failure of P. falciparum

A

QN (chloroquine, amodiaquine, quinines) + T (trimethroprim-sulfamethoxazole)

82
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Treatment of severe malaria

83
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Treatment of P. vivax

84
Q

Effective for both chemoprophylaxis and treatment of P. falciparum and P. vivax

A

Atovaquone

Proguanil

85
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Other chemoprophylactic drugs

A

Chloroquine
Doxycycline
Mefloquine
Primaquine

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