PLASMODIUM SP.

Question 1

FIRST CAUSATIVE AGENT IN BLOOD AND TISSUE PROTOZOA

Answer 1

PLASMODIUM SP

Question 2

DISEASE

Answer 2

Malaria

Question 3

MODES OF TRANSMISSION

Answer 3

BITE OF FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO

Question 4

CLINICAL PATHOGENIC

Answer 4

-The mosquito carries the sporozoite form of Plasmodia in its saliva.

• Sporozoites enter the bloodstream and enter the liver cells.
• In the liver, the sporozoite undergo schizogony to produce many merozoites
  Release of merozoites in the blood to infect other RBCs.

C/F:
- Abrupt onset of fever and chills (41C) accompanied by headache, myalgias after 2 weeks of mosquito bite.

-The fever is accompanied by nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps and drenching sweats.

Question 5

TREATMENT

Answer 5

Chloroquine,
mefloquine,
sulfadoxine,
pyrethamine,
primaquine

Question 6

PREVENTION

Answer 6

Chemoprophylaxis and mosquito control