Giardiasis and Malaria Comparison Chart

Question 1

causative agent of Giardiasis

Answer 1

Giardia lamblia

Question 2

causative agent of Malaria

Answer 2

Plasmodium species

Question 3

transmission of malaria

Answer 3

transmitted by anopheles mosquitos, only females feed on blood meals and involved in transmission

Question 4

how does Giardiasis exist? (2)

Answer 4

dormant cyst form

feeding trophozoite form

Question 5

Giardiasis is the ____ disease of the ______

Answer 5

protozoan disease of the digestive system

Question 6

Malaria is the ______ disease of the _____

Answer 6

protozoan disease of the blood

Question 7

signs and symptoms of Giardiasis

Answer 7

mild = innie = INI
severe = outy = vomit, lose weight, ab. cramps, diarrhea

mild: indigestion, intestinal gas, nausea
severe: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, weight loss

Question 8

incubation period of giardiasis

Answer 8

6-20 days

Question 9

pathogenesis of giardiasis

Answer 9

1. ingested cyst survives stomach passage
2. trophozoites emerge from cysts in small intestine
3. some attach to epithelium
4. mucosal function is impaired by adherent protozoa and immune response

Question 10

epidemiology of giardiasis (3)

Answer 10

• ingestion of fecally contaminated water
• low infectious dose
• person-to-person spread.

Question 11

treatment and prevention of giardiasis

Answer 11

treatment: several antimicrobial medication options
prevention: boiling, filtering, or disinfecting drinking water

Question 12

signs and symptoms of malaria

Answer 12

recurrent cycles of intense chills and fever alternating with feeling healthy

Question 13

incubation period of malaria

Answer 13

varies with species; 6-37 days

Question 14

pathogenesis of malaria

Answer 14

1. protozoan enters hepatocytes and multiplies in them
2. cells burst and release protozoa which causes fever
3. organisms infect RBCs and differentiate in them
4. spleen enlarges in response to removing large amount of foreign material and many abnormal blood cells from the circulation
5. with P. falciparum infection, RBCs stick together and to walls of capillaries, blocking vessels and depriving tissue of O2

Question 15

epidemiology of malaria

Answer 15

transmitted from person to person by bite of infected Anopheles mosquito

Question 16

treatment and prevention of malaria

Answer 16

treatment: usually ACTs; other medicines if sensitivity known

prevention: the same medications used for treatment; eradication of mosquito vectors; mosquito netting impregnated with insecticide; vaccines under development

Question 17

Giardia lamblia

Answer 17

causative agent of Giardiasis

Question 18

Plasmodium species

Answer 18

causative agent of Malaria

Question 19

transmitted by anopheles mosquitos, only females feed on blood meals and involved in transmission

Answer 19

transmission of malaria

Question 20

dormant cyst form

feeding trophozoite form

Answer 20

how does Giardiasis exist? (2)

Question 21

protozoan disease of the digestive system

Answer 21

Giardiasis is the ____ disease of the ______

Question 22

protozoan disease of the blood

Answer 22

Malaria is the ______ disease of the _____

Question 23

mild: indigestion, intestinal gas, nausea
severe: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, weight loss

Answer 23

signs and symptoms of Giardiasis

Question 24

6-20 days

Answer 24

incubation period of giardiasis

Question 25

1. ingested cyst survives stomach passage
2. trophozoites emerge from cysts in small intestine
3. some attach to epithelium
4. mucosal function is impaired by adherent protozoa and immune response

Answer 25

pathogenesis of giardiasis

Question 26

ingestion of fecally contaminated water; low infectious dose, person-to-person spread.

Answer 26

epidemiology of giardiasis

Question 27

treatment: several antimicrobial medication options
prevention: boiling, filtering, or disinfecting drinking water

Answer 27

treatment and prevention of giardiasis

Question 28

recurrent cycles of intense chills and fever alternating with feeling healthy

Answer 28

signs and symptoms of malaria

Question 29

varies with species; 6-37 days

Answer 29

incubation period of malaria

Question 30

1. protozoan enters hepatocytes and multiplies in them
2. cells burst and release protozoa which causes fever
3. organisms infect RBCs and differentiate in them
4. spleen enlarges in response to removing large amount of foreign material and many abnormal blood cells from the circulation
5. with P. falciparum infection, RBCs stick together and to walls of capillaries, blocking vessels and depriving tissue of O2

Answer 30

pathogenesis of malaria

Question 31

transmitted from person to person by bite of infected Anopheles mosquito

Answer 31

epidemiology of malaria

Question 32

treatment: usually ACTs; other medicines if sensitivity known

prevention: the same medications used for treatment; eradication of mosquito vectors; mosquito netting impregnated with insecticide; vaccines under development

Answer 32

treatment and prevention of malaria