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Malaria Flashcards

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Etiology 4 species of Protozoa

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1 plasmodium falciparum
2 plasmodium vivax
3 ovale
4 malariae

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Malaria

Viral bacteria or parasitic?

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PARASITIC

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Transmission/carrier

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Anopheles mosquito bite

Anopheles flavirostris in Phila

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Species responsible for deaths and neurological ssx

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Falciparum

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Cycle responsible for disease in humans

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Erythocytic cycle

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Malaria paroxysm

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Chills, fever zit

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Malignant Tertian periodically

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Falciparum lang

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Quartan periodicity

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Cyclic fever every 72 hours

Plasmodium malariae

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Erythrocytes cycle

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Schizonts rupture

The merozoites produce ssx

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Responsible for disease relapses

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Hynpnozoites

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