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Malaria
banana shaped gametocytes |
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Malaria
attacks senescent cells |
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Malaria
oval distortion of parasitized RBC |
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Malaria
attacks reticulocytes |
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Malaria
Cholorquine and mefloquine and quinine and quinidine: mechanism of action |
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| inhibit heme polymerase, heme accumulates, toxic to plasmodia |
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Malaria
atovaquone: meechanism of action |
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| blocks parasite mitochondrial electron transport |
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binds iron in malaria
pigment -> toxic free radicals |
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| complexes porphyrins leading to toxic derivates |
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Malaria
most common in subsaharan africa |
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Malaria
peripheral blood of patient with falciparum smear likely to show rare or absent |
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Malaria
where sexual reproduction? |
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Malaria
Schuffner's dots found in RBCs infected with? |
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