Medical Virology and Parasitology: Malaria Plasmodium Diseases

Plasmodium Falciparum, vivax, ovale, malariae

Female Anopheles mosquito

Sexual cycle (in mosquitoes) & asexual cycle (in humans)

<p>Infection of more red blood cells, capillary occlusion, and cerebral malaria</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Schizogony</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sporogony</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Black water fever</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Every fourth day</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>72 hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>48 hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mosquito bites</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Malignant malaria (P.falciparum) and benign malaria (P.vivax &amp; P.ovale)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fever, headache, myalgias, arthralgias, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and anemia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Microscopic examination of blood using thick and thin Giemsa-stained smears.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chloroquine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mefloquine, quinine &amp; doxycycline combination, atovaquone &amp; proguanil, or artemisinins in combination with other antimalarial drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypnozoites latent in the liver.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemoprophylaxis.</p> Signup and view all the answers