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Para malaria 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Related to primate malaria parasite (3)

A

P. vivax
P. malariae
P. ovale

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2
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related to avian malaria parasites

A

P. falciparum

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3
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long tailed macaques malaria parasite

A

P. knowlesi

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4
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TRANSMISSION of MALARIA IS THROUGH THE BITE OF A ____________________________

A

female Anopeheles mosquito

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5
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malaria is known as ________________________ in French

A

Paludisme= swamp fever

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6
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Discovered Malaria n the RBCs of a patient in 1880

A

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

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7
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malaria is known as ________________________ in German

A

Wechselfieber= changing fever

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8
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described the asexual development called the Golgi Cycle

A

Camillo Golgi

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9
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Established the mode of transmission of Malaria in 1897

A

Ronald Ross

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10
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P. ovale was identified during _____

A

1922

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11
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GROUP OF PARASITES CAUSING MALARIA belongs to the genus Plasmodium (5)

A

Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium knowlesi

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12
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considered to be the fifth human malaria parasite has been described in humans in the Philippines and SEA

A

Plasmodium knowlesi

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13
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In the Philippines, principal malarial vector is the _______________________________________________

A

Anopheles minimus var. flavirostris

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14
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Malaria parasite requires specific __________ and ______________ to complete its life cycle

A

human, mosquito tissues

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15
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Lifespan of Female Anopheles mosquito

A

few weeks to a month

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16
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intermediate host of Malaria parasite

A

HUMANS

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17
Q

Gametocyte appearance in the circulation:

P. vivax= _____________
P. falciparum= ________________

A

4-5 days, 10-12 days

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18
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A person with a malaria gametocyte

A

Carrier or Resevoir

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19
Q

infective stage of Malaria for humans

A

Sporozoites

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20
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Process of schizogony forms ____________________

A

Merozoites (individual things)
Schizonts (if grouped)

21
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the asexual reproduction of a sporozoan parasite by the multiple fission of the nucleus of the parasite followed by segmentation of the cytoplasm

A

Schizogony

22
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Schizogony forms

A

MEROZOITES

23
Q

Sporogony results in a production of ______________________________

A

SPOROZOITES

24
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Sexual reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many sporozoans

25
Q

Process of the malaria parasite to undergo gamete formation

A

GAMETOGONY

26
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Name of gametocyte for male and female respectively

A

MICROGAMETOCYTE- MALE, MACROGAMETOCYTE- FEMALE

27
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the erythrocytic cycle occurs in the ______________________

A

CIRCULATION

28
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the exoerythrocytic cycle occurs in the ______________________

29
Q

Definitive host of MALARIA

30
Q

The MALARIA parasite develops and multiplies inside the human host causing ____________________

A

periodic bouts of flu-like symptoms

31
Q

infective stage of MALARIA for mosquito

A

GAMETOCYTE

32
Q

Classical malarial paroxysms/ MALARIAL TRIAD (3)

A

Chills (cold stage)
Fever (Hot stage)
Sweating (Sweating stage)

33
Q

symptoms of MALARIA are related to the periodic destruction of _____ and diffusion of the pigment __________

A

RBCs, Hemozoin

34
Q

The interval of time from sporozoite injection to detection of parasites in the blood

A

PREPATENT PERIOD
30 MINSt

35
Q

The time between sporozoite injection and the appearance of clinical symptoms

A

INCUBATION PERIOD/ CLINICAL IP

36
Q

the sudden inappropriate feeling of coldness and apprehension

A

COLD PHASE

37
Q

Cold phase rigor lasts for ——————

A

15-60 mins

38
Q

Patient is hot/ flush phase begins, moreover patient has headache, palpitations, tachypnea, epigastric discomfort, thirst, nausea, vomiting

39
Q

HOST PHASE LASTS FOR _____________________________

40
Q

HOT PHASE TEMP peaks at _____________________________

A

40-41 deg C

41
Q

is due to the bursting of the RBCs in the body

A

COLD PHASE

42
Q

is due to the immune response of the body

43
Q

defervescence or diaphoresis- patient manifest sweating

A

SWEATING PHASE

44
Q

SWEATING PHASE temp lower over the next ___________________

45
Q

TOTAL DURATION of typical malarial attack

A

8-12 hours

46
Q

Interval between attack is determined by the length of ___________________________________

A

Erythrocytic Cycle

47
Q

is due to the compensation of the body to the immune response of the body to the parasite

A

SWEATING PHASE

48
Q

malaria may cause ___________ and ________________

A

anemia and jaundice

49
Q

infection with one type of malaria, _________________________, if not properly treated may cause kidney failure, seizures, mental confusion, coma, and death

A

Plasmodium falciparum

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