Plasmodium spp

Question 1

Leading parasitic disease that causes mortality worldwide

Answer 1

Malaria

Question 2

Chronic malaria leads to…

Answer 2

Anemia

Question 3

the group of parasite causing malaria belongs to genus

Answer 3

Plasmodium

Question 4

transmitted by the bite of female mosquito

Answer 4

plasmodium

Question 5

four species that are medically important

Answer 5

p. falcifarum, p vivax, p ovale, P malariae

Question 6

considered the fifth human malaria parasite

Answer 6

p knowlesi

Question 7

p knowlesi is microscopically indistinguishable from ….

Answer 7

P. malariae

Question 8

schizogonyh leads to formation of __-

Answer 8

merozoites

Question 9

merozites of p falcifarum develops in the ___

Answer 9

parasitophorous vacuolar membrane (pvm)

Question 10

how many sperm like microgametes does male gametocytes produce

Answer 10

8

Question 11

in plasmodium, this stage fills the entire rbc abd characterized by large chromatin mass and blue cytoplasm pigment

Answer 11

gametocyte stage

Question 12

banana shaped

Answer 12

gametocyte stage

Question 13

has a lighter blue cytoplasm

Answer 13

microgametocyte

Question 14

interval from sporozoite injection to detection of blood

Answer 14

pre patent period

Question 15

pre patent period of p malariae

Answer 15

3 to 4 weeks

Question 16

there are absolute clinical features of malaria. true/false

Answer 16

false — no absolute

Question 17

classical malaria paroxysms three stages

Answer 17

1. cold stage 2. hot stage 3. sweating stage

Question 18

the patient becomes hot and manifest headaches, etc.

Answer 18

hot stage

Question 19

p malariae infects what cells

Answer 19

aging cells

Question 20

the hemoglobin is digested forming the pigment __

Answer 20

hematin

Question 21

stain used for rge microscopic detection of malaria

Answer 21

giemsa and wright stain

Question 22

the mainstay of antimalarial drugs

Answer 22

chloroquine