Malaria

Question 1

What is malaria ?

Answer 1

Malaria is protoza disease caused by plasmodium by one of its four types of:
1-plasmodium vivax
2- plasmodium ovale
3-plasmodium falciparum
4- plasmodium malariae

Question 2

plasmodium vivax cause

Answer 2

Benign tertian malaria

Question 3

Plasmodium ovale cause

Answer 3

Benign tertian malaria

Question 4

Plasmodium falciparum cause

Answer 4

Malignant tertian malaria

Question 5

Plasmodium malariae cause

Answer 5

Quartant malaria

Question 6

Transmission of malaria:

Answer 6

1-by mosquito (anaphylaxis)
2-tranfusion of infected blood
3- by contaminated needles with infected blood
4-by contaminated needle with infection contaginaly
5-By sharing contaminated syringes

Question 7

Clinical features of malaria :

Answer 7

Fever
Headache
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Back age
Nausea
Chest pain and abdominal pain

Question 8

Lab diagnosis of malaria:

Answer 8

1- Detecting and identifying malaria parasite microscopicly
2- concetration parasites in venous blood
3-Using rapid malaria antigen or enzyme test

Question 9

What is the Schizogony ?

Answer 9

When the female anphelex masquito take bllod from man it secreats saliva
The saliva contain SPOROZOITS goes to liver cell and developed to schizont which contains MEROZOITES
Then it goes to RBCs and mature there
Then mature trophozites and to SCHIzont which contain merzoites

Question 10

Complications of malaria:

Answer 10

Vivax and ovale : Hypnozoites

Malarae: Autoimmune complex (nephrotic syndrome)

Falcrparum: Black urine