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Flashcards in Malaria Deck (15)
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1
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Peridomestic

A

living in or around human habitation

2
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Sylvatic

A

disease contracted by wild animals

3
Q

Anthropophilic

A

go inside people’s houses, they like people

4
Q

What’s the name of the malaria mosquito?

A
Plasmodium spp.
~ falciparum (50% of cases, almost all death)
~ vivax (43% cases)
~ malariae
~ ovale
~ knowlesi
5
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Recrudescence

A

erythrocytic infection falls to subclinical/subpatent levels but is not eliminated then reappears

6
Q

Relapses

A

erythrocytic infection is eliminated but dormant hypnozoites in liver reactivate and generate a new erythrocytic infection

7
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Cold stage

A

shivering, then temperature rises rapidly

8
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Hot stage

A

peripheral vasodilation (flushed appearance), rapped pulse + high temperature

9
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Sweating stage

A

copious sweating = fall in temperature

10
Q

Name the symptomatic stages in Maleria

A
  1. hot
  2. cold
  3. sweating
11
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Morbidity

A

the condition of being diseased

12
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Mortality

A

death

13
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DALYs

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a.k.a. disability adjusted life years
The sum of years of potential life lost due to premature
mortality and the years of productive life lost due to disability

14
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List the methods of malaria detection (6).

A
  1. presumptive diagnosis
  2. microscopy
  3. Qualtitive buffy coat
  4. Antigen detection
  5. PCR
  6. Antibody - ELISA, IFAT
15
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Name the two components of malaria treatement.

A
  1. supportive - manage the symptoms

2. specific - eliminate the parasite