plasmodium

Question 1

diseases

Answer 1

p.vivax,malariae,oval, falciparum

Question 2

trophozoite form

Answer 2

active form, in RBC, ring form

Question 3

erythrocytic schizont

Answer 3

asexual, multinucleated stage in RBC

Question 4

hepatic schizont

Answer 4

actively divide, multinucleated, parasite in hepatocytes, no infl. resp.

Question 5

merozoite

Answer 5

infective, break from hepatocyte/RBC, adhere and penetrate new RBC

Question 6

sporozoite

Answer 6

mosquito salivary glands, injected into humans when bit

Question 7

gametocyte

Answer 7

parasite gamete, from trophozoites in RBC, infective to mosquito

Question 8

transmission

Answer 8

anopheles female mosquitoes, pregnant mother to fetus, mosquitoes bite

Question 9

pathogenesis

Answer 9

P. Malariae - quartan malaria, 72 hrs, every 4th day

P. Vivax, Falciparum, Ovale - thirtian malaria, 48 hrs, every third day

Question 10

Clinical features

Answer 10

abrupt onset fever, chills, headache, anemia

Question 11

Life cycle - Human

Answer 11

1. Sporozoites from mosquitoes
2. Hepatic schizonts in hepatocyte
3. Merozoites released into RBC
4. Trophozoites formed ring shaped
5. Schizont form + Merozoites
6. Merozoites infect other RBC
7. (sexual repr) into male and female gametes