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What species of parasite is malaria caused by |
Plasmodium species P vivax -65 percent of cases P falciparum - more virulent P Knowlesi - emerging in Europe and Asia |
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What is the vector of malaria |
Anopheles mosquito |
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What animals can malaria infect |
Reptiles birds mammals |
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Is malaria intracellular or extracellular |
Intracellular within RBCs |
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What are symptoms of malaria |
Fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, coma, death |
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What type of malaria can lead to cerebral malaria and why |
P falciparum Causes sequestration of infected RBCs and can lead to ruptured of the blood brain barrier resulting in haemorrhage and neurological alterations They bund to PECAM1 AND ICAM1 |
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What is the drug treatment for malaria |
Quinine Artenisinin based combination therapy ACT primaquine |
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What's the name of the malaria vaccine |
RTS,S or mosquirix R21 - more effective, new, only provided in Ghana and Nigeria |
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What does p vivax use to enter into rbcs |
The Duffy antigen |
