Malaria Test: How Much You Know? Quiz
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How much do you know about malaria? It's a disease that is triggered by a parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitos. People who have malaria feel very ill, and they present with a high fever and shaking chills. Most people who die from this illness are young children from Africa. Take this quiz and learn more about malaria.
- 1.
This is....- A.
Malariae
- B.
Vivax
- C.
Falciparum
- D.
Knowlesi
- 2.Schizonts are commonly seen in the peripheral blood films of falciparum malaria.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Maurer's clefts occur in
- A.
P.falciparum
- B.
P.ovale
- C.
P.vivax
- D.
P.malariae
- 4.A schizont with 16 - 32 merozoites is likely to be...
- A.
Malariae
- B.
Vivax
- C.
Ovale
- D.
Falciparum
- 5.The sporogonic cycle describes the malaria parasite inside the human liver.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Oookinetes invade which part of the mosquito to become oocysts?
- A.
Hindgut
- B.
Proboscis
- C.
Thoracic muscles
- D.
Midgut
- 7.Which species of malaria causes a quartan (72 hrly) paroxysm (fever spike)?
- A.
Ovale
- B.
Vivax
- C.
Malariae
- D.
Falciparum
- 8.Splenic rupture is a noted consequence of falciparum malaria.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Chloroquine resistance first occurred in Africa.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Histidine-rich protein (HRP) antigen forms the bases of an RDT for which malaria species?
- A.
Ovale
- B.
Vivax
- C.
Falciparum
- D.
Malariae
- 11.P.ovale RDTs generally have a worse sensitivity than P.malariae RDTs.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Which of these forms an RDT test that is good as a test of the cure because it becomes negative 3 - 6 days after successful treatment?
- A.
Histidine rich protein (HRP) antigen
- B.
Heterophile antibodies
- C.
Rheumatoid factor
- D.
Parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH)
- 13.Rheumatoid factor can cause a false positive result in malaria RDTs
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a simple and inexpensive means of testing for malaria, particularly useful in resource-limited settings.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.A schizont with 8 - 12 merozoites in a rosette is likely
- A.
P.malariae
- B.
P.ovale
- C.
P.falciparum
- D.
P.vivax
- 16.Plasmodium malaria commonly causes a double invasion of red blood cells.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.
This is the gametocyte of:
- A.
P.vivax
- B.
P.ovale
- C.
P.falciparum
- D.
P.malariae
- 18.The anopheles mosquito injects which stage of the parasite into the host?
- A.
Gametocytes
- B.
Schizonts
- C.
Sporozoites
- D.
Oocysts
- 19.G6DP deficiency must be tested for before treating a patient with chloroquine.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The following treatments are suitable for a complicated falciparal infection.
- A.
IV quinine and doxycycline.
- B.
Chloroquine
- C.
Primaquine
- D.
IV artesunate
- 21.Nephrotic syndrome is a complication of which malaria species?
- A.
Ovale
- B.
Vivax
- C.
Malariae
- D.
Falciparum
- 22.Artemether-lumafantrine is also known as malarone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Thick blood films have good sensitivity for diagnosing malaria infection
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Asexual malaria reproduction occurs in the...
- A.
Mosquito proboscis
- B.
Host blood
- C.
There is no asexual reproduction
- D.
Mosquito midgut
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