Malaria/Test 2 Flashcards
What is the only species of malaria that can use animals as a vector?
Knowlesi
Where do merozoites transform into trophozoites?
RBCs
What are the two most common species of malaria?
vivax and ovale
Many of the symtpoms of malaria are thought to be caused by what cytokine?
TNF
What two cytokines inhibit erythropoiesis in malaria infected people?
TNF and IL1
Which two species of malaria infect both mature and young erythroctes?
falciparum and knowlesi
Which two species of malaria infect only young erythroctes?
vivax and ovale
Which species of malaria prefers older erythrocytes?
Malariae
The most severe form of anemia is caused by what species of plasmodium?
Falciparum
What are the two metabolic symptoms of Plasmodium infection?
hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis
What anti-malarial drug can release insulin? In what species could this cause a deleterious effect?
Quinine
falciparum
What is the most serious side effect of Vivax and Ovale infection?
splenic rupture
Which species of malaria causes RBCs to produce knobs? What is the effect of this?
Falciparum
adhere to microvascular endothelium
What are the three most common complications of falciparum malaria?
renal failure
pulmonary edema
cerebral edema
Vivax uses what RBC protein to gain access? What two population groups express this protein?
Duffy antigen
Caucasians and and Asians
What antibiotic is used to treat malaria?
Doxycycline
What two species are resistant to Chloroquine?
falciparum and vivax
Which anti-malarial is equally effective for all plasmodium species?
Mefloquine
Primaquine is effective against which two species?
vivax and ovale
In what patient group is primaquine contraindicated?
G6PDase deficiency
What drug is most effective in the Tx of Falciparum?
Malarone
What does clinical cure mean?
eradication of erythrocytic forms of malaria
What does radical cure mean?
elimination of hypozite of vivax and ovale
Babesiosis is carried by what organism?
Tick