Identify the incorrectly matched pair regarding Plasmodium, the protozoan responsible for causing malaria in humans:
1. |
Cause of malignant tertian malaria |
Plasmodium falciparum |
2. |
Paroxysm [clinical features] of malaria |
Release of hemozoin on rupture of RBCs |
3. |
Fertilization during the life cycle |
Gut of female anopheles |
4. |
Infective stage to mankind |
Trophozoites |
The occurrence of chills and fever in malaria is associated with:
1. | Rupture of hepatocytes during exo-erythrocytic cycle of the parasite |
2. | Inoculation of the sporozoite by the mosquito bite into humans |
3. | Release of haemozoin due to rupture of RBCs by the parasite |
4. | Development of the adult trophozoite in the RBC |
The sporozoites that cause infection when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are found in:
1. liver of the person
2. RBCs of mosquito
3. salivary glands of the mosquito
4. gut of the mosquito
Aedes aegypti is not a vector for:
1. | Dengue | 2. | Chikungunya |
3. | Japanese encephalitis | 4. | Yellow fever |