lecture 15 parasitic infections

Question 1

what kind of parasite is malaria

Answer 1

protozoan

Question 2

what are the two main types of parasite

Answer 2

helminth and protozoan

Question 3

what are helminths and protozoa …karyote

Answer 3

eukaryotes

Question 4

how many cells do protozoa

Answer 4

unicellular

Question 5

what are helminths

Answer 5

worms

Question 6

what do helminths produce to reproduce

Answer 6

eggs

Question 7

what might it be hard to find drugs for parasites

Answer 7

they are also eukaryotes

Question 8

what is the drug target for helminths

Answer 8

neuromuscular system

Question 9

what happens when the trugs target the helmiinths

Answer 9

paralysis

Question 10

why are the current anitmalarials becoming ineffective

Answer 10

resistance

Question 11

vector for malaria

Answer 11

anopheles

Question 12

in malaria where does the parasite affect

Answer 12

liver and blood

Question 13

how does the parasite get from mosquito to human

Answer 13

bites

injects sporozites

Question 14

where do the sporozoites first go

Answer 14

the liver

Question 15

how long do the sporozoites remain in the liver

Answer 15

10 days

Question 16

what do they do in the liver

Answer 16

mature to form schizonts

Question 17

what do the schizonts form

Answer 17

merozoites

Question 18

how do the merozoites get into the blood

Answer 18

make the liver cell they are in burst

Question 19

in the blood what do the merozoites mature into

Answer 19

trophozoites

Question 20

where does sexual reproduction occur in the mosquito

Answer 20

stomach

Question 21

what does the zygots in the mosquitos stomach form

Answer 21

it matures into ookinete

Question 22

what does oopinete do

Answer 22

moves from stomach to midgut and here produces sporozoites which go to the salivary glands

Question 23

when do you start feeling sick if you have malaria

Answer 23

when it gets into the blood

Question 24

where do mosquitos undergo asexual reproduction in the human

Answer 24

blood cells

Question 25

how long is the peak of fever in malaria

Answer 25

4 days

Question 26

what are the three big groups of malaria chemo

Answer 26

quinolines antifolates artemisinin

Question 27

how does chloroquine work

Answer 27

blocks the parasite detoxification of heme

Question 28

how do antifolate drugs work

Answer 28

affect folic acid metabolism of the parasite

Question 29

what is sleeping sickness also known as

Answer 29

African trypanosomiasis

Question 30

what type of parasite is African trypanosomiasis

Answer 30

protozoan

Question 31

what is the vector for African trypanosomiasis

Answer 31

tsetse fly

Question 32

what can the African trypanosomiasis cross

Answer 32

blood brain barrier

Question 33

what kind of problems do African trypanosomiasis cause

Answer 33

neurological

Question 34

South american trypanosomiasis is also called

Answer 34

chagas disease

Question 35

what is the vector for south american trypanosomiasis

Answer 35

triatomine insects

Question 36

what part of the body do triatomone insects tend to bite

Answer 36

the face

Question 37

what is Leishmaniasis transmitted by

Answer 37

female sandflies

Question 38

what does Leishmaniasis do

Answer 38

invades macrophages

Question 39

who does toxoplasmosis affect

Answer 39

the immunocompramised

Question 40

what does toxoplasmosis cause

Answer 40

mild lymphadenopathy

Question 41

giardiasis is

Answer 41

diarrheal disease

Question 42

how does prazinquantel work

Answer 42

paralyses the worms

Question 43

where does ascariasis live

Answer 43

intestines