Pathogenesis and Clinical Features of Malaria
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What is the main diagnostic method for malaria?

  • Blood culture
  • Microscopic examination of blood with thick and thin Giemsa-stained smears (correct)
  • Urine analysis
  • X-ray imaging

    • Which symptom is commonly associated with the onset of malaria?

  • Skin rash
  • Joint pain
  • Chest tightness
  • Abdominal pain (correct)

    • What is a common clinical feature of malaria patients?

  • Enlarged liver
  • Enlarged spleen (correct)
  • Enlarged lung
  • Enlarged kidney

    • Which method is more sensitive than the conventional method for diagnosing malaria?

    <p>Quantitative buffy coat (QBC)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which stage of Plasmodium species is treated using primaquine and pyrimethamine?

    <p>Liver stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is Leishmaniasis transmitted to humans?

    <p>By the bite of female Phlebotomine sandfly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Entamoeba histolytica survive in adverse environments?

    <p>By forming cysts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica?

    <p>Motile trophozoites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is Entamoeba histolytica transmitted?

    <p>Through the faeco-oral route</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which stage of the life cycle of Intestinal Protozoans occurs in the small intestine?

    <p>Excystation of cysts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role do trophozoites play in the pathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica?

    <p>Causing localized necrosis and penetrating the epithelium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the dormant stage of Entamoeba histolytica?

    <p>Helping the organism to survive in adverse environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the infective stage of Leishmania spp. when it enters the sandfly?

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

    During the sandfly stage, where do the amastigotes of Leishmania spp. transform into promastigotes?

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

    Which protozoan causes African sleeping sickness?

    <p>Trypanosoma brucei ssp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which stage in the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei ssp. is characterized by a free anterior flagellum and an undulating membrane?

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

    How is visceral leishmaniasis treated?

    <p>Intravenous liposomal amphotericin B</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the infective stage of Leishmania spp. when it enters human blood through the sandfly bite?

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

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