Chagas - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

are antibiotics effective against viral infections? - NO briefly describe eukaryotic cells - -contain nucleus (prokaryotes do not) -contain organelles -selectively permeable cell membrane briefly describe molds - -produce cytoplasmic filaments called hyphae/mycelia -reproduce by spore formation on aerial hyphae briefly describe T. Cruzi - 2 phases: 1. Acute (swelling of eye, cold/flu-like symptoms) 2. Chronic Chagas disease (cardiomyopathy, neurological disorders, etc.) briefly describe...

BB EXAM 3 Review QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 A patient who recently stopped taking clopidogrel (Plavix) needs to donate platelets. How long must the patient defer donation after completing the medication? Answers: a. 14 days b. 48 hours c. 7 days d. 24 hours - ANSWER-a. 14 days Which organism is responsible for transmitting Chagas disease? Answers: a. Trypanosoma cruzi b. Treponema pallidum c. Yersinia enterocolitica d. Plasmodium vivax - ANSWER-a. Trypanoso...

Parasitology Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 A sexually transmitted protozoal disease is A. African trypanosomiasis. B. trichomoniasis. C. American trypanosomiasis. D. toxoplasmosis. - answerB. trichomoniasis The triatomid bug is best known as the A. vector of South American sleeping sickness (Chagas). B. insect that harbors Balantidium species. C. arthropod that transmits toxoplasmosis. D. mosquito that carries malaria. - answerA. vector of South American sleeping sickn...

Definition of Medical Entomology? correct answers Study of insects, insect borne diseases and other associated problems that affect humans and public health Ex. of Arachnids? correct answers mites, ticks, spiders and scorpions During what years were the golden years of Medical Entomology? correct answers 50 years of major Medical Entomology discoveries Patrick Manson? correct answers discovered transmission of Wucheriria bancrofti by Culex pipiens (Bancroftian filiariasis) Giovanni...

what is the interval between blood donations? 8 weeks pregancy - 6wks What is normal oral temperature? 37.5C what are the acceptable hemoglobin ranges for blood donation 12.5HBG 38HCT autologous 11.HGB 33%HCT 12 month deferral donor recieved blood transfusion had sex w/ peron w/ hep had a tattoo done 12 month deferral exception? donor who received Hep B vaccine how long must a prospective donor w/ history of malaria be deffered? 3 years after recei...

MIP 260 Test 1 Questions with All Correct Answers Clinical signs of african sleeping sickness - Answer-chancre at bite site, intermittent fever, headaches, extreme fatigue, progressive confusion, personality chnages, swollen nodes at the abse of the skull Varient surface glycoprotein coat - Answer-vsg covers the entire organism (a barrier to antibodies), osicallte between being VSG+ and -, evades the immune system Clinical signs of chagas disease - Answer-acute form- small red nodule, ly...

In what year was high-frequency jet ventilation developed? correct answers 1977 by Klain & Smith (HFPPV - Sjöstrand in 1967) Who first employed CPAP in 1878 to treat pulmonary diseases characterized by reduced lung volume? correct answers Oertel Who first produced Oxygen by heating dry silver carbonate in 1771, 3 years before Joseph Priestly was credited with the discovery of Oxygen? correct answers Scheele In what year was the United States Pharmacopeia first published? correct answer...

SBB 100% Correct Review A+ Hep-B Testing - ANS-HBsAg, Anti-HBc, HBV-DNA Hep-C Testing - ANS-Anti-HCV, HCV RNA HBsAG - ANS-Appears @ 4 weeks after exposure- drops below detectable level at 24 weeks HBsAG detectable after 24 weeks - ANS-Chronic Carrier HBeAG - ANS-envelope Antigen means that the infection is ACTIVE and REPLICATING *you are extremely infectious here* anti-HBc - ANS-appears about 6 weeks after exposure IgM first then igG alone suggests past infection Anti-HBs - ANS-det...

Which Plasmodium species must be treated with primaquine to prevent relapse? P falciparum P malariae P vivax P knowlesi correct answers P vivax Which Plasmodium species causes the most severe cases of malaria and produces banana-shaped gametocytes? P vivax P falciparum P ovale P malariae correct answers P falciparum How is Babesiosis transmitted? Mosquito bite Ingestion of oocyte Tick bite Nasal penetration from water correct answers tick bite The definitive hosts for Toxopl...

NBME CBSE EXAM ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Chagas Disease ---------- Correct Answer--------- Caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasite passed in the feces of Reduviidae/kissing bug Penetrates broken skin or intact mucous membranes forming a pseudocyst releasing inflammatory infiltrates into myocytes; stains with Giemsa & Wright Romana sign occurs when portal of entry is the conjunctiva or eyelid May resulting in: Enlarged heart- CHF, sudden cardiac arrest Enlarged esophagus...