Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Christina Kontoghiorghe

Theme: Malaria

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Bite of a female Aedes mosquito and sexual transmission

I

Primaquine for 10 days and then artemesinin

B

Bite of a female Anopheline mosquito, transplacental and blood trasnfusion

J

P. vivax and P. ovale

C

Bite of a male Anopheline mosquito and sharing needles

K

Quinine for 7 days and then primaquine

D

Fluorescence QBC test

L

Quinine for 7 days and then tetracycline

E

Plasmodium falciparum

M

Urine dipstick

F

Plasmodium vivax

N

Serology

G

Plasmodium ovale

O

Thin and thick blood films

H

Plasmodium malariae

P

Thin blood film

 

 

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. Associated with nephrotic syndrome in children in endemic areas.

 

2. Parasite form found in West Africa due to the absence of Duffy antigen.

 

3. Modes of transmission of malaria include..

 

4. Gold standard mode of diagnosis.

 

5. Treatment of falciparum malaria in the UK.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. H

2. G

3. B

4. O

5. L