(M) Lab 1: Plasmodium (Malaria) Flashcards
The vectors of malaria are species of mosquitoes under
genus?
Anopheles
Mal means
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In the Philippines, vectors of malaria include:
Anopoheles flavirostris, A. minimus, A.
mangyanus, A. balabacensis, and A. dirus.
(gender) mosquitos can transmit the disease
female
TOF. Males feed on animals’ blood, including humans, while the females feed on plant juices.
F (reverse)
Cases of malaria
definitive/ final host
mosquitos
cases of malaria
intermediate host
Humans
The mosquirto carries the infectiva stages to man called?
Sporozoites
The developmental stages of the malaria found in the blood are as follows:
Trophozoite, schizont & gametocyte
Youngest and smallest stage of malaria.
Young trophozoite
The parasite, inside the host RBC, is called?
with a single chromatin dot and small amount or thin bluish ring of cytoplasm thus, also referred as ring form.
young trophozoite
TOF. Growing trophozoites still has a single chromatin dot, but there is already
increased in the amount of cytoplasm becoming greater than the young trophozoite stage.
T
The young trophozoite will further develop becoming a?
growing trophozoite
The cytoplasm of the parasite almost filling up the entire red blood cell with a small vacuole near the single chromatin dot.
Mature Trophozoite
Schizont came from the word schism means?
Splitting & division
The single chromatin dot, in mature trophozoite stage, undergoes binary fission to become 2, which is true for all species.
Schizont stage: Young
Schizont stage:
With more than 2 (usually 3) chromatin dots but, less than that in the next stage of development.
Growing schizont
Chromatin dots almost filling up the entire red blood cell.
Mature schizont
Schizont stage:
Each species has its own number of chromatin dots each of which becomes a?
merozoite
Chromatin dots
Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale:
12-24
Chromatin dots
Plasmodium malariae
6-12