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In which Phylum all protozoa are pathogenic endoparasites |
Apicomplexa |
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Specific feature of Apicomplexa is presence of ___ complex |
Apical |
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What Number of hosts plasmodium requires? |
2 |
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Life cycle of Apicomplexa parasites are |
Schizogony, gametogony and sporogony |
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P. Vivax cause ____ malaria |
Benign tertian |
A type of malaria |
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P. Malaria causes ____ malaria |
Quartan |
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P. Falciparum causes ____ malaria |
Malignant tertian |
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P. Ovale causes ____ malaria |
Ovale |
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Which malarian specie has the widest geographic distribution and most common species of malaria |
P. Vivax |
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Which malarian specie is responsible for largest number of malarian cases |
P. Falciparum |
Limited to Africa and India |
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Which malarian specie occurs in Africa, Sri Lanka and India |
P. Malariae |
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Which malarian specie is the rarest? |
P. Ovale |
Only in tropical Africa |
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Location of parasites in human body |
Hepatic cells, later in RBCs |
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____ is the infective stage of Plasmodium. It is uninucleate, spindle shaped and covered with pellicle |
Sporozite |
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Sporozoite--> ____ --> Schizont |
Trophozite |
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Daughter cells of tissue schizont stage is called tissue ____ |
Merozoites |
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Duration of tissue schizogony in a) P. Vivax b) P. Malariae c) P. Ovale d) P. Falciparum |
a) 8 days b) 18 days c) 9 days d) 6 days |
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Hypnozoites are same as tissue ___ |
Sporozoites |
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Which species may stay in liver cells without development |
P. Vivax and P. Ovale |
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When does merozite become trophozite? |
After entering RBCs |
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Malaria is an ___ type of disease |
Anthroponotic |
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3 stages of malarial attack |
a) cold stage b) hot stage c) sweating stage |
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Fever paroxysm usually lasts for ___ hours |
8 to 12 |
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What are the two types of films prepared for malarial examination |
Thick and thin |
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Toxoplasma gondii causes ____ |
Toxoplasmosis |
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Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite which develops in ____ |
Liver, spleen, lymphatic nodes, eyes and muscles |
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Trophozoite/ endozoite in toxoplasma gondii is ___ shaped. |
Crescent |
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Electron microscopy in toxoplasma gondii reveals ___ complex |
Apical (conoid and rhoptries) |
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In toxoplasma gondii, the definitive host is ___ (can also be intermediate host) |
Cat or other felines |
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In toxoplasma gondii intermediate hosts are ____ |
Men, mice and other mammals, birds and reptiles |
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Sporogony in toxoplasma gondii occurs in ____ |
Soil or water |
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Actively multiplying parasites are called ____ |
Tachyzoites |
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