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individuals treated for malaria must wait how many years from the deep treatment was finished until they are eligible to donate blood?
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3 years
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individuals who were in malaria risk areas and were required to take chemoprophylaxis because of a perceived risk of exposure must wait how many years for the time chemoprophylaxis was finished before they are eligible to donate blood?
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3 years
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individuals who visited malaria risk area and remain asymptomatic, but were not required to take chemoprophylaxis because of negligible risk of exposure must wait how many months to donate blood?
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6 months
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true or false. Individuals who were placed on chemoprophylaxis initially, but did not visit the malaria risk area require no waiting period prior to donating blood?
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true
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true or false. All Navy, Marine Corps, and MSC personnel must have a documented g6pd test results on their health record?
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true
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any person who is g6pd deficiency has a risk of hemolysis associated with taking what medication for chemoprophylaxis?
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Primaquine
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what do you use to report suspected or confirmed malaria cases?
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disease alert report.the report should include the patients itinerary during the previous three months and the types and duration of any chemoprophylaxis or treatment medication taken.
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what is the most important means for an individual to prevent becoming infected with malaria?
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personal protective measures
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what are the vectors of malaria?
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Anopheles mosquito
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what is the chemoprophylaxis for malaria?
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traditionally, chloroquine and primaquin have been effective. Due to resistance to chloroquine, regimen may require the use of pyrimethamine sulfadoxine or doxycycline.
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Since patterns of resistance and drug requirements change frequently, medical department of Fleet units must contact who prior to deployment to malaria risk areas?
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NAVENPVTMEDU Navy preventive medicine unit
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what is the Wilson Edison test?
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a screening test for the presence of Chloroquine in the urine. It s for overall compliance with taking Chloroquine. 15 percent false negative rate.
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true or false. Documented malaria in the presence of urinary chloroquine strongly suggest a cloroquine-resistant strain.
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true
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the most important aspect of malaria treatment is suspecting this disease in the __________ diagnosis of the patient in beginning immediate treatment.
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Differential
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what kind of malaria can progress since we rapidly fatal course?
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Plasmodium falciparum
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the 3 types of parenteral antimalarial drugs used to treat severe cases of malaria are?
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Parenteral chloroquine hydrochloride
Quidine gluconate Quinine dihydrochloride |
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true or false. Quinine type drugs are rapidly schizonticidal and therefore rapidly reduce the level of parasitemia.
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True
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