Recrudescence of malaria refers to recurrence of malarial fever due to:  *1 pointA. Reinfection of the patient by mosquito biteB. Reinfection of blood by exoerythrocytic hypnozoitesC. Incomplete clearance of schizonts from bloodD. Any of the above

Red blood cells in which the malarial-fever parasite resides are eliminated from a person's body after 120 days. Because the parasite cannot travel to a new generation of red blood cells, any fever that develops in a person more than 120 days after that person has moved to a malaria-free region is not due to the malarial parasite. Which is the following, if true, most seriously weakens the conclusion above?Choices:- The fever caused by the malarial parasite may resemble the fever caused by flu viruses. The anopheles mosquito, which is the principal insect carrier of the malarial parasite, has been eradicated in many parts of the world. Many malarial symptoms other than the fever, which can be suppressed with anti-malarial medication, can reappear within 120 days after the medication is discontinued. In some cases, the parasite that causes malarial fever travels to cells of the spleen, which are less frequently eliminated from a person's body than are red blood cells.

Select all correct descriptions of malaria.Multiple select question.It is always fatal.Severe anemia is possible.Illness occurs within one week after being bitten by an infected mosquito.Cyclical pattern of symptoms corresponds with bursting of red blood cells.It can be diagnosed by viewing parasites in blood.

Definition and overview of malaria

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Chloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria can be cured by the following drugs except:  *1 pointA. QuinineB. Pyrimethamine + sulfadoxineC. PrimaquineD. Artesunate