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Insecticide resistance has been demonstarted in the _______ mosquito vector.
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Anopheles
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Blood donors treated for malaria in the past must wait ___ years to donate blood after tx. is finished.
Individuals required to take malaria chemoprophlaxis must wait__ after chemoprophlaxis tx was finsihed to donate blood. |
3 years for both
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Individuals who visited a malaria-riskarea and remained asymptomatic, but were not required to take malria chemoprophylaxis must wait ____ months to donate blood.
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6 months
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What are the guidelines surrounding a DAR (Disease Alert Report)?
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Suspected or Confirmed via priority message including the patients itinerary during previous 3 months and the types and duration of any chemoprophylaxis or tx medications taken.
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What is the most important thing an individual can do to protect himself/herself from malaria?
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Take personal protective measures.
Minimize outside exposure used prescribed chemical repellents on and clothing bed nets chemoprophylaxis |
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Traditonal Chemoprophylaxis used to treat malaria?
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Chloroquine and primaquin
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G6PD patients should not take which type of chemoprophylaxis and why?
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Primaquin causes hemolysis
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Which test is used to screen for chloroquin in the urine?
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Wilson Edison Test
False negative rate of 15 percent |
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Which type of malaria can progress into a rapidly fatal course (death)?
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Plasmodium Falciparum
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What treatment would you give a patient suffering from a severe case of malaria exhibiting signs of centeral nervous system involvement, has a very high and life-threatening parasitemia, or cannot take oral drugs?
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Parenteral choloroquin hydrochloride, quinidine gluconate, and quinie dihydrochloride.
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What is the Malaria Prevention and Control Instruction?
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NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2
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