Plasmodium Lecture

Question 1

by means of which they attach to and penetrate host cells

Answer 1

apical complex

Question 2

The medically important parasites in this group are the

Answer 2

Malaria parasites
Coccidia
Babesia

Question 3

Parasite that is most in the Philippines

Answer 3

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 4

Parasite that is most common in the World

Answer 4

Plasmodium vivax

Question 5

The name malaria (mal:_____ , aria: ____)

Answer 5

bad, air

Question 6

The name malaria was given in the ______ in ______

Answer 6

18th century, Italy

Question 7

He discovered the specific agent of malaria. What year?

Answer 7

Alphonse Laveran,1880

Question 8

He described the asexual development of the parasite in RBCs

Answer 8

Golgi, 1886

Question 9

He developed a method of staining malarial parasites in blood films

Answer 9

Romanowsky in Russia ,1891

Question 10

What are the different species of malaria parasite infecting man

Answer 10

Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium falciparum

Question 11

Where and when does the malaria species occur?

Answer 11

Italy, 1886 & 1890

Question 12

What is the 4th species that identified in 1992

Answer 12

Plasmodium ovale

Question 13

Who established the Mode of Transmission?

Answer 13

Ronald Ross ,1897

Question 14

Primary Mosquito Vector

Answer 14

Anopheles flavirostris

Question 15

Secondary Mosquito Vector

Answer 15

Anopheles litoralis
Anopheles maculatus
Anopheles mangyanus
Anopheles balabcensis

Question 16

What are the Host resistance of Plasmodium

Answer 16

Duffy negative red blood cells
Nature of Hgb
G6PD deficiency
HLA(Human Leukocyte Antigen)-B53
Pregnancy
Splenectomy

Question 17

What are the Hemoglobin are used in Host resistance

Answer 17

HbE
HbS
HbF-neonates

Question 18

In MOT, it is accidentaly transmit malaria

Answer 18

Transfussion malaria

Question 19

In MOT, it is transmitted transplacentally mother to fetus

Answer 19

Congenital Malaria

Question 20

In MOT, Shared syringes may be responsible

Answer 20

Malaria in Drug Addicts

Question 21

In MOT, the donor had parasitemia

Answer 21

Renal Transplantation

Question 22

It is the most common species in tropical parts of the world

Answer 22

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 23

found in the tropics, subtropics, and some temperate areas of the world

Answer 23

Plasmodium vivax

Question 24

It is less common but is found in much of the tropical world

Answer 24

Plasmodium malariae

Question 25

It is considered a rare species. It is relatively common in West Africa, India, and South America

Answer 25

Plasmodium ovale

Question 26

What are the treatment that most commonly used in plasmodium spp:

Answer 26

Chloroquine Amodiaquine Quinine Pyrimethamine Doxycycline Sulfadoxine Proguanil Primaquine

Question 27

Prodromal Stage

Answer 27

fever Body malaise headache

Question 28

Duration of Primary Clinical Malaria

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P. vivax: 3-8+ weeks P. ovale: 2-3 weeks P.malariae: 3-24 weeks P. falciparum: 2-3 weeks

Question 29

Duration of untreated malaria

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P. vivax: 5-7 years P. ovale: 10 months P. malariae: +20 yrs P. falciparum: 6-17 months

Question 30

Signs & Symptoms: II. Stage of Active Invasion

Answer 30

Anemia Hepatosplenomegaly

Question 31

Signs & Symptoms: III. FEBRILE PAROXYSMS (6-10H)

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Cold stage: 20mins - 1hr Hot stage: 1-4 hrs Sweating stage: 2-3hrs

Question 32

Incubation Periods:

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P. vivax: 12-20 days P. ovale: 11-16 days P. malariae: 18-40 days P. falciparum: 8-15 days