Quarter 4 micro: blood and tissue protazoa

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what species is malaria

plasmodium
What are the two most common and least common plasmodia that cause malaria
- Most common
- Plasmodium Vivax
- Plasmodium Falciparum
- Least
- Plasmodium ovale
- Plasmodium malariae
What type of motility do plasmodium and toxoplasma have

sporozoan (no motility)
What time of motility do trypanosoma and leishmania have
- flagellates
- aka: hemoflagellates
where do 90% of malaria deaths occur

sub-saharan africa
what is the main cause of pathological findings of malaria

red blood cell destruction
explain the pathogenesis of malaria

Plasmodium sporozoites enter the blood stream and migrate to the liver and form a cyst containing merozoites which then infect the blood becoming trophozoites and causeing spleenomegaly
what are the forms of transmission of malaria
- mosquitoes
- placental
- intravenous drug use
what is the most common lethal infectious disease

malaria (1 million/yr)
What form of malaria is life threatening via kidney and brain damage

P. Falciparum
Clinical presentation: fever, chills, myalgia, arthralgias, anemia, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly in 1/3 pt.

Malaria
what is the drug of choice for malaria

Chloroquine followed by premaquine
what is chemoprophylaxis used to prevent

malaria
what is the complication of plasmodium falciparum that is characterized by intravascular hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, kidney failure

blackwater fever
what is the vector of toxoplamsa gondii

Cat feces
what is the motility of toxoplasma gondii

sporozoan
what is the primary cause of death for toxoplasmosis

encephalitis
what drugs are used to treat toxoplasmosis
- sulfadiazine
- pyramethamine
vector blacklegged tick

Babesia
what is the incubation period for babesia

1-3 weeks
how long does it take for a tick to transmit babesia

6-20 hrs

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Quarter 4 micro: blood and tissue protazoa

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