Plasmodium Flashcards
Genus that cause the disease malaria, they are a group of apicomplexan parasites
Plasmodium
Recently becoming one of the most significant causes of malaria although in terms of frequency it hasn’t been documented as much as the above
Plasmodium knowlesi
Know to be an arthropod-borne disease
Malaria
What is the mosquito causing malaria
Female anopheles mosquito
Established to aid in the eradication of malaria transmission in the Philippines
Malaria control and Elimination program
Place in the Philippines with the most number of cases of malaria
Palawan
It supports the non-reproductive stages in an organism
Intermediate host
It is where the sexual reproduction of a parasite happens
Definitive host
Intermediate host
Humans and other vertebrates
Malignant Tertian
P. falciparum
Capable of producing high levels of parasitemia
P. falciparum
Stain used in malaria identification
Giemsa stain
Used to directly identify the Plasmodium species
Thin films
Has a unique band-like pattern going across the infected RBC
Plasmodium malariae trophozoite
Merozoites in this Plasmodium have the tendency to form in rosette form
Plasmodium malariae
Double-ring forms in one RBC
Plasmodium falciparum
It is an asexual cycle that occurs in humans
Schizogony
Sexual cycle that occurs inside the definitive host
Sporogony
It has a large amount of merozoites ready to infect RBC’s at any given time
Plasmodium falciparum
It is able to generate specialized proteins and substances that cause the surface pf the infected RBC to become sticky or adhesive
Plasmodium falciparum
It is a prevention of infection
Prophylaxis
Used medication or drugs to prevent infection
Chemoprophylaxis
