MALARIA Flashcards
MALARIA IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS
AGUE OR MARSH FEVER (ASSOCIATED WITH SWAMPS)
TRANSMISSION OF MALARIA
BITE OF FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
MOST LETHAL PLASMODIUM
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
IT IS THE WORLD’S MOST DEVASTATING HUMAN PARASITIC INFECTION
MALARIA
INTERMEDIATE HOST OF PLASMODIUM
MAN
INFECTIVE FORM OF PLASMODIUM
SPOROZOITES
DEFINITIVE HOST OF PLASMODIUM
MOSQUITO
IT IS THE EXOGENOUS SEXUAL PHASE IN MOSQUITO
SPOROGONY
ENDOGENOUS ASEXUAL PHASE IN HUMAN
SCHIZOGONY
IT IS WHEN THE SPOROZOITES UNDERGO DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE IN LIVER CELL WHEREIN MULTIPLE NUCLEAR DIVISION OCCURS AND SCHOZONTS ARE DEVELOPED
PRE-ERYTHROCYTIC CYCLE
A SCHIZONT CONTAINS WHAT
MEROZOITES (20,000-50,000)
STAGE WHEREIN MEROZOITES RELEASED INVADE RED CELLS
ERYTHROCYTE CYCLE
PLASMODIUM THAT INFECTS YOUNG RBC
P. VIVAX
INFECTS OLD RBC
P. MALARIAE
INFECTS RBC OF ALL AGES
P. FALCIPARUM