Artemisinin is a drug that is now a worldwide standard treatment of:
1. | Rheumatoid arthritis | 2. | Lung cancer |
3. | Malaria | 4. | Plague |
Consider the given two statements:
I: | The malarial parasite is relatively protected from attack by the body's immune system. |
II: | The parasite is enveloped in a protective protein and lipopolysaccharide layer. |
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
3. I is correct and II is incorrect.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.
Consider the following statements:
I: | Plasmodium falciparum causes malignant tertian malaria. |
II: | Release of hemosiderin from burst RBCs is responsible for paroxysms of malarial attacks. |
III: | Sporozoites are the infectious forms of Plasmodium. |
Which of the above statements are true?
1. | I and II only | 2. | I and III only |
3. | II and III only | 4. | I, II, and III |
Consider the given stages in the life cycle of Plasmodium and choose the correctly matched pair:
1. | A | Merozites infect humans when mosquito bites |
2. | B | The parasite reproduces sexually in liver cells |
3. | C | Symptoms of malaria |
4. | D | Fertilization in the hemocoel of the mosquito |
I: | Sporozoite is the infective stage for man |
II: | In human body it first reproduces asexually in liver cells |
III: | fertilization takes place in the gut of the mosquito |
1. | Only I and II are correct |
2. | Only I and III are correct |
3. | Only II and III are correct |
4. | I, II and III are correct |