Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Candidate number:

Theme: Malaria

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	hynozoites	I	schizonts
B	merozoites	J	sporozoites
C	P.falciparum	K	trophozoites
D	P.knowlesi	L
E	P.malariae	M
F	P.ovale	N
G	P.vivax	O
H	rings	P

 

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. Infects red blood cells.

 

 

2. Stay dormant in the liver for years with the potential to result in later disease.

 

 

3. Primaquine is used to eradicate this.

 

 

4. Which species of Malaria has a 72 hour erythrocyte cycle?

 

 

5. Appearance of undistressed red blood cells on a thin blood film suggests?

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. E

5. C