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What is the term for the stage that occurs between the 2nd and 4th day?
What is the term for the stage that occurs between the 2nd and 4th day?
What is the term for the stage that occurs between the 5th and 8th day?
What is the term for the stage that occurs between the 5th and 8th day?
What is the term for the condition characterized by inflammation of the lungs and bronchi?
What is the term for the condition characterized by inflammation of the lungs and bronchi?
What is the term that describes the appearance of the liver in a diseased state?
What is the term that describes the appearance of the liver in a diseased state?
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What is the relationship between Red Hepatization and Grey Hepatization?
What is the relationship between Red Hepatization and Grey Hepatization?
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What is the primary purpose of cell culture and animal inoculation with biopsy material?
What is the primary purpose of cell culture and animal inoculation with biopsy material?
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What is indicated by the detection of IgM in serological diagnosis?
What is indicated by the detection of IgM in serological diagnosis?
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What is the significance of a rising titre in serological diagnosis?
What is the significance of a rising titre in serological diagnosis?
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What is the purpose of the Frenkel test?
What is the purpose of the Frenkel test?
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What is the treatment for congenital infection and acute systematic toxoplasmosis?
What is the treatment for congenital infection and acute systematic toxoplasmosis?
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What is the main purpose of health education for pregnant women with regard to Toxoplasma?
What is the main purpose of health education for pregnant women with regard to Toxoplasma?
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What is the causative agent of malaria disease?
What is the causative agent of malaria disease?
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How many species of Plasmodium can cause malaria in humans?
How many species of Plasmodium can cause malaria in humans?
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What is the infective stage of Plasmodium transmitted through a female anopheles mosquito bite?
What is the infective stage of Plasmodium transmitted through a female anopheles mosquito bite?
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What is the site of the exo-erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium in humans?
What is the site of the exo-erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium in humans?
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What is the role of humans in the life cycle of Plasmodium?
What is the role of humans in the life cycle of Plasmodium?
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What happens to some merozoites in the liver cells?
What happens to some merozoites in the liver cells?
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What is the stage of the parasite that feeds on red blood cell haemoglobin?
What is the stage of the parasite that feeds on red blood cell haemoglobin?
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What is the cycle that occurs in the female anopheles mosquito?
What is the cycle that occurs in the female anopheles mosquito?
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What is the form of Leishmania that is infective to humans?
What is the form of Leishmania that is infective to humans?
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What is the primary mode of transmission of Leishmania tropica?
What is the primary mode of transmission of Leishmania tropica?
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What is the characteristic of the ulcer in the second stage of Leishmania tropica infection?
What is the characteristic of the ulcer in the second stage of Leishmania tropica infection?
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What is the diagnostic stage of Leishmania in chronic cases?
What is the diagnostic stage of Leishmania in chronic cases?
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What is the recommended treatment for early non-inflamed lesions of Leishmania tropica?
What is the recommended treatment for early non-inflamed lesions of Leishmania tropica?
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What is the purpose of local application of heat in the treatment of Leishmania tropica?
What is the purpose of local application of heat in the treatment of Leishmania tropica?
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What is the recommended dose of systemic pentavalent antimonial for Leishmania tropica?
What is the recommended dose of systemic pentavalent antimonial for Leishmania tropica?
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What is the primary method of controlling Leishmania tropica?
What is the primary method of controlling Leishmania tropica?
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What happens to the red blood cells that contain the schizont?
What happens to the red blood cells that contain the schizont?
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What happens to the male and female gametocytes in the mosquito's stomach?
What happens to the male and female gametocytes in the mosquito's stomach?
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What is the sequence of stages in a malarial paroxysm?
What is the sequence of stages in a malarial paroxysm?
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What is the duration of the hot stage in a malarial paroxysm?
What is the duration of the hot stage in a malarial paroxysm?
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Why do patients with malaria experience anaemia?
Why do patients with malaria experience anaemia?
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What is the purpose of destroying the gametocytes in the treatment of malaria?
What is the purpose of destroying the gametocytes in the treatment of malaria?
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What is the purpose of examination of thick and thin blood films in the diagnosis of malaria?
What is the purpose of examination of thick and thin blood films in the diagnosis of malaria?
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Why is a combination of drugs often needed to treat malaria?
Why is a combination of drugs often needed to treat malaria?
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What is the purpose of primaquine therapy?
What is the purpose of primaquine therapy?
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What is the dosage of chloroquine for emergency parental LM injection?
What is the dosage of chloroquine for emergency parental LM injection?
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What is the duration of primaquine therapy?
What is the duration of primaquine therapy?
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Why should primaquine be given with caution to black persons?
Why should primaquine be given with caution to black persons?
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What is the purpose of proguanil?
What is the purpose of proguanil?
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What is the geographical distribution of toxoplasmosis?
What is the geographical distribution of toxoplasmosis?
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What is the role of the cat in toxoplasmosis?
What is the role of the cat in toxoplasmosis?
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What is the nature of Toxoplasma?
What is the nature of Toxoplasma?
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Study Notes
Toxoplasmosis
- Diagnosis: Direct methods rarely used; serological diagnosis detects IgM (active and congenital infection) and IgG (rising titre indicates active infection, stable/decreasing titre indicates chronic latent infection)
- Treatment: Combo of pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine/trisulphapyrimidine for 4-6 weeks; spiramycin for 4-6 weeks; care in handling cats, proper cooking of meat, and health education for pregnant women
Leishmaniasis
- Life cycle: Parasite changes to promastigote form in vector, multiplies, and migrates to buccal cavity; when infected sand fly bites a person, it regurgitates promastigotes into skin
- Transmission: Biological transmission by infective female sand fly; mechanical transmission by contact with ulcerated lesions
- Symptoms: Small red papule at bite site, ulceration, and healing within 2 months to 1 year
- Diagnosis: Microscopic examination of smears from ulcer edge reveals amastigote form
- Treatment: Intra-lesional injection of pentavalent antimonial or 5% mepacrine; systematic pentavalent drug for inflamed/ulcerated lesions, lymphatic involvement, or multiple lesions
- Control: Treatment of patients, control of sand flies, and health education
Malaria
- Causative agent: Plasmodium (four species: vivax, ovale, malariae, and falciparum)
- Transmission: Bite of female anopheles mosquito, blood transfusion, and congenital infection
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Life cycle:
- Asexual cycle (schizogony) in man: exo-erythrocytic cycle (liver phase) and erythrocytic cycle (blood cycle)
- Sexual cycle in female anopheles mosquito
- Symptoms: Malaria paroxysms (cold, hot, and sweating stages), anaemia, and enlarged spleen and liver
- Diagnosis: Clinical picture, laboratory diagnosis (thick and thin blood film), and serological diagnosis
- Treatment: Chloroquine, quinine sulphate, primaquine, and proguanil (arrests growth of gametocytes in mosquito gut)
- Control: Mosquito control, treatment of patients, and chemoprophylaxis of healthy humans entering endemic areas
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