Download University of Jaffna MBBS 2015 March Medical Parasitology Question Paper

UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, SRI LANKA

SECOND EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL DEGREES PART I (2^nd Re-repeat) March 2015

Medical Parasitology

Date : 24.03.2015 Time allowed: 2 hour

Answer all four questions

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1. 1. Outline the life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum. (50 Marks)
   2. How would you morphologically differentiate Plasmodium falciparum from Plasmodium vivax. (30 Marks)
   3. List the complications caused by Plasmodium falciparum (20 Marks)
2. 1. Briefly describe the major clinical features and the mode of transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in human. (40 Marks)

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   2. How would you collect the sample and confirm the diagnosis of the above infection? (40 Marks)
   3. How the patients are treated for the above condition in Sri Lanka? (20 Marks)
3. Outline the mode of transmission, life cycle, and the control of the following parasitic infestations
   1. Ascaris lumbricoides (50 Marks)
   2. Taenia solium (50 Marks)

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4. Write short notes on the following
   1. Scabies (35Marks)
   2. Cobra envenomation (35 Marks)
   3. Louse infestations in human (30 Marks)

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