Parasitology: Malaria with 100% correct answers 2024
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Parasitology -
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Parasitology -
Class Sporozoa
organisms with both sexual and asexual reproductive cycles
causative agent
1. parum
2. p. vivax
3. p. ovale
4. p. malariae
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Parasitology: Malaria with 100%
correct answers 2024
Class Sporozoa - answer organisms with both sexual and asexual
reproductive cycles
causative agent - answer 1. p.falciparum
2. p. vivax
3. p. ovale
4. p. malariae
Malaria endemicity - answer 1. Holoendemic: transmission occurs all
year long
2. Hyperendemic: intense, but with periods of no transmission
during dry season
3. Mesoendemic: regular seasonal transmission
4. Hypoendemic: very intermittent transmission
Mosquito-Borne Diseases - answer 1. Marlaria
2. Chikungunya
3. Dengue
4. Yellow Fever
5. West Nile virus
Duffy glycoprotein - answer A receptor for P. vivax. Red blood cells
that lack the Duffy antigens are relatively resistant to invasion by P.
vivax (west Africa)
, Populations at risk - answer 1. young children in stable transmission
areas
2. pregnant women
3. International travelers from non-endemic areas
4. Immigrants from endemic areas and their children living in non-
endemic areas
contributing factors to malaria-related fatalities in United States
travelers - answer 1. Failure to seek pre-travel advice
2. Failure to prescribe correct prophylaxis
3. Failure to obtain prescribed chemoprophylaxis
4. Failure to adhere to prescribed regimen
5. Failure to seek prompt medical care in case of illness
6. Failure to obtain adequate medical history, delay in diagnosis,or
diagnostic incompetence
7. Gaps in doctors knowledge
8. Delay in initiating treatment of malaria
Transmition occurs where? - answer Transmitted in tropical and
subtropical areas, where Anopheles mosquitoes can survive, breed
& multiply
Transmition does not occur - answer high altitudes, during cooler
seasons, in deserts, in some islands in the Pacific Ocean
What is the primary vector of malaria - answer Female Anopheles
gambiae (mosquitoes)
Factors that contribute to the transmission - answer population
shifts, political unrests, climate change, environmental changes
such as urbanization, deforestation, irrigation
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