Exam 2 Flashcards
Stain blood smear, count parasites manually through a microscope- usually more parasites means a more severe infection
Diagnosis
Detects Plasmodium proteins in blood; some detect only falciparum, some detect other species
Rapid Diagnostic Rest (RDT)
Invade mosquito salivary gland cells, human hepatocytes–motile
Sporozoites
Invade human erythrocytes, non-motile
Merozoites
Packets of hundreds of merozoites surrounded by hepatocyte membrane
-Disintegrate in capillaries, release merozoites into bloodstream
Merosomes
Invade erythrocyte, grow into many merozoites, invade more erythrocytes
Merozoite Plan
- ) Initial attachment of parasite to erythrocyte
- ) Parasite reorientation (apical end faces erythrocyte)
- ) Junction forms between 2 cells
- ) Invasion: Parasite pulls itself into erythrocyte
- ) Vacuole forms: Parasite surrounded by specialized membrane
Merozoite Invasion
Vacuole membrane begins to extend to RBC surface to transport proteins from Plasmodium
Waste from hemoglobin digestion visible in food vacuole
Ring Stage
Continues to feed; volume, food vacuole increase
Knobs form on RBC surface
Trophozoite Stage
Infected erythrocytes from some parasite isolates bind multiple uninfected erythrocytes
Released merozoites are close to new erythrocytes
Rosette
Eggs laid singly, have floats
Larvae parallel to water surface
Proboscis, body in straight line
Anophele Eggs
Eggs laid singly, no floats
Larvae at angle to water surface
Proboscis, body at angle
Aedes Eggs
Eggs in rafts
Larvae at angle to water surface
Proboscis, body at angle
Culex Eggs
Bulb of sensory cells at base antennae, sensitive to vibration of other mosquito buzzing
Johnston’s Organ
Chemicals produced by one species, used by another, often to track them
Kairomones
Preference for non-human animals for nourishment
Zoophilia
Preference for human blood over animal blood
Anthrophilia
Feeds indoors
Endophagic
In mosquito hemocoel, releases sporozoites
Oocyst
Ingested by mosquito, gametes in midgut form ookinete
possible developmental path #2 for ring
Gametocyte
Mitosis within RBC, ~16 merozoites develop
-rbc ruptures, released merozoites invade more rbcs
Schizont
In rbcs, feeds on Hb
Trophozoite
Leaves liver to invade RBCs
- ring stage: earliest form established within rbcs
- possible developmental path #1 for ring: trophozoite
- Schizont
Merozoite
Glides from mosquito to hemocoel to mosquito salivary glands, injected into human
Sporozoite
Chemically related to quinine
Acts on trophozoite, mechanism same as chloroquine
Active against chloroquine–sensitive as well as resistant P. vivax and falciparum
Mefloquine
Only genus that transmits malaria among humans
Anopheles
Not useful for acute attack as blood stages not targeted
Targets hypnozoites and falciparum gametocytes
Increased risk of hemolysis especially among G6PD deficient individuals
Primaquine
Primary host in plasmodium life cycle?
Anopheles
All have apical complex: organelles near anterior end that penetrate host cell tissues
Phylum Apicomplexa
Single celled eukaryote, intracellular parasite #1 parasitic disease of humans
Plasmodium
Infection in pregnant women can be more severe than in non-pregnant women, with increased risk of anemia and death
Increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes including
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Low birth rate, miscarriage, stillbirth, prematurity
Rests indoors
endophilic