Common Infections — Flashcards

Malaria is transmitted by the female _____ mosquito

_____ is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, leading to cyclical fever, haemolysis, & organ dysfunction

HSV-1 (oral herpes) is a clinical diagnosis, but can be definitively diagnosed with _____

Hint: gold standard

What is the gold-standard investigation for malaria? _____

On palpation, patients with malaria can have _____, particularly in chronic or repeated malaria

Malaria presents with _____ fevers

After primary infection of herpes simplex virus it travels via retrograde axonal transport to a _____ where it establishes lifelong latency

Plasmodium species is diagnosed with _____ stained with Giemsa

Primary genital herpes has a ↑ high risk of _____

Genital herpes should be diagnosed in a(n) _____, PCR is the investigation of choice