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🧡 1.6: Treatment/Prevention/Happened Again Flashcards

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What are the reasons malaria can happen again?

A
  • Reinfection
  • Relapse
  • Recrudescence
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Reinfection

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natural immunity is insufficient in preventing new infection from forming

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Relapse

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hypnozoites in liver wake from dormant state to re-start infection

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Recrudescence

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treatments doesn’t kill all parasites in blood stage so they regrow

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Malaria Treatment

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Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT)

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Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT)

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combination of two anti-parasitic drugs

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Why are multiple medications used to treat malaria?

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more effective together and reduces development of microbial resistance to drug treatment

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Prophylaxis

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anti-malarial medication to prevent infection

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What does malaria prevention focus on?

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mosquito bites

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How are mosquito bites prevented?

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  • Repellants
  • Mosquito Nets
  • Cover open skin
  • Insecticides
  • Eliminating Standing Water
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