18 Questions
What is the interval from sporozoite injection to the detection of parasites in the blood called?
Pre-patent period
What is the time between sporozoite injection and the appearance of clinical symptoms called?
Incubation period
Which of these is the final host for the malaria parasite?
Female Anopheles mosquito
Which stage of the malaria parasite life cycle involves schizogony in the liver?
Sporozoites
What is the name of the cycle where merozoites invade and multiply within red blood cells?
Erythrocytic cycle
What is the name of the infective stage that is transmitted from the mosquito to humans?
Sporozoites
Which Plasmodium species is known to cause the most severe form of malaria?
Plasmodium falciparum
What is the name of the asexual reproductive process that occurs in the human host during a malaria infection?
Schizogony
Which Babesia species is known to infect humans?
Babesia microti
What is the name of the infective stage of the Plasmodium parasite that is injected into the human host by the mosquito vector?
Sporozoite
During which stage of the Plasmodium life cycle do the parasites reproduce asexually within the red blood cells of the human host?
Erythrocytic cycle
What is the name of the dormant form of the Plasmodium parasite that can remain in the liver cells of the human host?
Hypnozoite
Which stage of the Plasmodium life cycle infects the liver cells?
Sporozoites
What is the first form seen in the erythrocytic cycle?
Ring form
Which Plasmodium species is characterized by the presence of double ring forms?
P. falciparum
What is the term used for the dormant stage that can reside in the liver?
Hypnozoites
Which stage of the Plasmodium life cycle is characterized by the rupture of red blood cells, releasing merozoites?
Schizont
What is the term used for the sexual cycle of Plasmodium that occurs in the mosquito?
Sporogony
Test your knowledge on Sporozoa parasites Plasmodium spp. and Babesia spp., including subtypes like Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Babesia microti. Learn about important terminologies like merozoite and trophozoite in this quiz.
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