Malaria Flashcards
1
Q
Malaria pandemic infection
A
300-500 milion worldwide
2
Q
S/S Malaria
A
cold, shivers, high fever, headache, delirium; for 3 hours then down
3
Q
Tertain malaria attacks
A
48 hours in between
4
Q
quartan malaria attacks
A
72 hrs inbetween
5
Q
causes most cases of malaria in the world
A
scattered estivo autumnal maria
6
Q
malaria death is from
A
blood clots, cerebral hemorrhages, anemia
7
Q
malaria treatment
A
quinine drugs and artemisnin, give mosquitos wolbachia
8
Q
why are quinine and similar drugs good at fighting malaria
A
make iron toxic to the protist, stop protist from entering rbcs, stop gametocyte formation, stop parasite from entering the liver
9
Q
Malaria sporozoites
A
human infected stage
10
Q
malaria meroxoites
A
adult sporozoites pop out of liver cells and infect red blood cells
