PARASITOLOGY (Malaria) Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
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leading parasitic disease that causes mortality worldwide
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Malaria
2
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three major infectious disease
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HIV, tuberculosis, malaria
3
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a population group mostly affected to malaria
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young children, pregnant woman
4
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chronic malaria leads to
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anemia
5
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it is transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquite
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Anopheles
6
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group of parasites causing malaria
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Plasmodium
7
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four species that are medially important to humans
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Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae
8
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fifth human malaria parasite, a parasite of long-tailed macaques
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Plasmodium knowlesi
9
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infective stage
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sporozoite
10
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diagnostic stage
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trophozoite, schizonts
11
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intermediate host
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humans
12
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definitive host
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female anopheles mosquito
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