plasmodium Flashcards
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diseases
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p.vivax,malariae,oval, falciparum
2
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trophozoite form
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active form, in RBC, ring form
3
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erythrocytic schizont
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asexual, multinucleated stage in RBC
4
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hepatic schizont
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actively divide, multinucleated, parasite in hepatocytes, no infl. resp.
5
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merozoite
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infective, break from hepatocyte/RBC, adhere and penetrate new RBC
6
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sporozoite
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mosquito salivary glands, injected into humans when bit
7
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gametocyte
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parasite gamete, from trophozoites in RBC, infective to mosquito
8
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transmission
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anopheles female mosquitoes, pregnant mother to fetus, mosquitoes bite
9
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pathogenesis
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P. Malariae - quartan malaria, 72 hrs, every 4th day
P. Vivax, Falciparum, Ovale - thirtian malaria, 48 hrs, every third day
10
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Clinical features
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abrupt onset fever, chills, headache, anemia
11
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Life cycle - Human
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- Sporozoites from mosquitoes
- Hepatic schizonts in hepatocyte
- Merozoites released into RBC
- Trophozoites formed ring shaped
- Schizont form + Merozoites
- Merozoites infect other RBC
- (sexual repr) into male and female gametes
