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Plasmodium Flashcards

1
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Genus that cause the disease malaria, they are a group of apicomplexan parasites

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Plasmodium

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2
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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

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Plasmodium knowlesi

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3
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Know to be an arthropod-borne disease

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Malaria

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4
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What is the mosquito causing malaria

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Female anopheles mosquito

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5
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Established to aid in the eradication of malaria transmission in the Philippines

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Malaria control and Elimination program

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6
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Place in the Philippines with the most number of cases of malaria

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Palawan

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7
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It supports the non-reproductive stages in an organism

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Intermediate host

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8
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It is where the sexual reproduction of a parasite happens

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Definitive host

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9
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Intermediate host

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Humans and other vertebrates

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10
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Malignant Tertian

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P. falciparum

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11
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Capable of producing high levels of parasitemia

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P. falciparum

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12
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Stain used in malaria identification

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Giemsa stain

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13
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Used to directly identify the Plasmodium species

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Thin films

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14
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Has a unique band-like pattern going across the infected RBC

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Plasmodium malariae trophozoite

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15
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Merozoites in this Plasmodium have the tendency to form in rosette form

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Plasmodium malariae

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16
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Double-ring forms in one RBC

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Plasmodium falciparum

17
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It is an asexual cycle that occurs in humans

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Schizogony

18
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Sexual cycle that occurs inside the definitive host

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Sporogony

19
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It has a large amount of merozoites ready to infect RBC’s at any given time

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Plasmodium falciparum

20
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It is able to generate specialized proteins and substances that cause the surface pf the infected RBC to become sticky or adhesive

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Plasmodium falciparum

21
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It is a prevention of infection

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Prophylaxis

22
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Used medication or drugs to prevent infection

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Chemoprophylaxis

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