Plasmodium And Malaria

Question 1

Malaria transmission

Answer 1

Bite of female anopheles mosquito

Question 2

Plasmodium species

Answer 2

P.vivax
P.ovale
P.malariae
P.falciparum
P.knowlesi

Question 3

Sporozoites?

Answer 3

Motile spore like stage in plasmodium life cycle

Question 4

Trophozoites

Answer 4

Growing ring stage in plasmodium life cycle

Question 5

Merozoites?

Answer 5

Ameoboid shaped sporozoan

Question 6

Schizont?

Answer 6

Mature form of merozoites

Question 7

Hypnozoites?

Answer 7

Dormant form of merozoites

Question 8

P.vivax and ovale clinical features

Answer 8

Hepatosplenomegaly
Anemia

Question 9

P.malariae clinical features

Answer 9

Mild symptoms
Chronic malaria

Question 10

P.falciparum clinical features

Answer 10

Malaria (insidious onset with malaise,headache,cough,vomiting and diarrhoea)
Cerebral malaria
Septicemic malaria
Black water fever

Question 11

Malaria classical symptoms

Answer 11

Headache
Fever
Fatigue
Muscle pain
Back pain
Chills
Sweating
Dry cough
Nausea and vomiting
Hepatosplenomegaly

Question 12

Lab findings in malaria

Answer 12

Hemolytic anemia
Thrombocytopenia
Ureamia
Hyperbilirubinemia
Coagulopathy

Question 13

Malarial diagnosis

Answer 13

CBC
Thick and thin blood smear test
PCR