Plasmodium

Question 1

febrile paroxysms occur every 72 hours

Answer 1

Quartan

Question 2

Tertian malarial parasites

Answer 2

P. ovale, P. vivax

Question 3

febrile paroxysms occur every 42 to 47 hours

Answer 3

tertian

Question 4

febrile paroxysms occur daily

Answer 4

Quotidian

Question 5

malarial parasite which febrile paroxysms occur daily

Answer 5

P. vivax

Question 6

quartan parasites

Answer 6

P. falciparum, P. malariae

Question 7

malignant human malarial parasite

Answer 7

P. falciparum

Question 8

most common human malarial parasite

Answer 8

P. vivax

Question 9

mild tertian malaria

Answer 9

P. ovale

Question 10

Avian malaria transmitted by

Answer 10

Culine mosquito

Question 11

Mammalian malaria transmitted by

Answer 11

anopheline mosquito

Question 12

affected rbc of P. gallinaceum

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

affected rbc of P. juxtanucleare

Answer 13

3-5%

Question 14

mortality of P. gallinaceum

Answer 14

80% or more

Question 15

mortality of P. juxtanucleare

Answer 15

20-30%

Question 16

gametocyte of P. gallinaceum

Answer 16

big, round

Question 17

gametocyte of P. juxtanucleare

Answer 17

elongate, pyriform

Question 18

host cell distortion of P. gallinaceum

Answer 18

present

Question 19

merozoite of P. gallinaceum

Answer 19

6-30

Question 20

merozoite of P. juxtanucleare

Answer 20

3-7

Question 21

Death of malaria is attributed to?

Answer 21

1. cerebral invasion
2. renal failure
3. pulmonary hemorrhage

Question 22

2 zoonotic species of simian malaria

Answer 22

• Plasmodium knowlesi
• Plasmodium cynomolgi

Question 23

essentially pathogenic but parasite of birds, turtles, and lizard

Answer 23

Haemoproteus/Halteridium

Question 24

Haemoproteus schizogony occurs in?

Answer 24

Vascular endothelial cells

Question 25

appears as elongate or horse-shoe shaped embracing the host nucleus of RBC

Answer 25

Haemoproteus infection

Question 26

Vectors of haemoproteus

Answer 26

culicoides, hippoboscids, chrysops spp

Question 27

Describe the macrogametocyte of haemoproteus columbae in cytoplasm stains

Answer 27

bright blue, nucleus compact, pigment granules dispered

Question 28

describe microgametocyte of Haemoproteus columbae

Answer 28

cytoplasm stains blue, nucleus diffuse,, pigments clumped

Question 29

malarial parasites of domestic and wild birds

Answer 29

leucocytozoon

Question 30

malarial parasites with no pigmented granules

Answer 30

leucocytozoon

Question 31

gametocyte of L. caulleryi

Answer 31

round, oval, elliptical

Question 32

a turkey infected with L. smithi will demonstrate a gametocytes shaped as?

Answer 32

elongate spindle

Question 33

gametocyte of L. simondi

Answer 33

spindle shape

Question 34

Schizogony occurs in hepatocytes and vascular endothelial cells of various
tissues

Answer 34

Leucocytozoon caulleryi

Question 35

Merozoites invade erythroblasts, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes where gametocytes develop

Answer 35

Leucocytozoon caulleryi

Question 36

Mortality usually 30-35 % but may reach up to 100 %

Answer 36

Leucocytozoon infection