GIVE REASONS
1. Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmanoid.
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2. Hypergammaglobunaemia in sleeping sickness.
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3. In giardiasis, stool examination should be repeated.
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4. Toxoplasmosis is considered an opportunistic disease.
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5. Plasmodium falciparum infection causes malignant malaria.
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CASE
A young woman works in a medical laboratory. She had been married for 2 years during which
she got pregnant twice and aborted twice. Laboratory investigations revealed a parasitic cause.
a) What is this parasite?
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b) How can you confirm the diagnosis?
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c) What is the mode of infection?
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d) What is the treatment?
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1. Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmanoid.
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2. Hypergammaglobunaemia in sleeping sickness.
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3. In giardiasis, stool examination should be repeated.
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4. Toxoplasmosis is considered an opportunistic disease.
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5. Plasmodium falciparum infection causes malignant malaria.
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CASE
A young woman works in a medical laboratory. She had been married for 2 years during which
she got pregnant twice and aborted twice. Laboratory investigations revealed a parasitic cause.
a) What is this parasite?
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b) How can you confirm the diagnosis?
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c) What is the mode of infection?
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d) What is the treatment?
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