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Q: What are the major blood-associated protozoan parasites?

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A: Plasmodium spp

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Babesia spp

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Q: Which species of Plasmodium are responsible for malaria in humans?

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A: Plasmodium vivax

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Plasmodium ovale

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Plasmodium knowlesi (zoonotic).

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Q: What is the vector responsible for the transmission of malaria?

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A: Blood-feeding female Anopheles mosquitoes.

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Q: What is the periodicity of fever for Plasmodium falciparum?

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A: Malignant tertian

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though fever spikes may be irregular.

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Q: Which tick species transmits Babesia spp. leading to babesiosis?

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A: Northern deer tick or black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis).

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Q: What is the typical diagnostic method for detecting Babesia in the blood?

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A: Blood smear showing the Maltese cross tetrad form within RBCs.

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Q: What disease does Toxoplasma gondii cause

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and who is its definitive host?

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A: Toxoplasmosis; definitive host is the domestic cat.

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Q: What are the clinical symptoms of congenital toxoplasmosis?

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A: Hydrocephalus

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hepatosplenomegaly

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choroidoretinitis

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spontaneous abortion