What is derived from the bark of several species of Cinchona
Answer
Quinine
Cinchona
Question 2
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Where were the first records of Malaria found?
Answer
Greece
Egypt
Africa
Question 3
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______________ can be used to provide protection to risk groups, especially young children and pregnant women in hig
transmission areas.
Answer
insecticidal nets and Indoor residual spraying
antimalarial nets
Question 4
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The genus of protozoan vertebrate blood parasites that includes the causal agents of malaria
Answer
Plasmodium
Anopheles
chloroquine
Question 5
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You are most likely to die from
Answer
cancer
heart disease
stroke
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Question 6
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Several strains of the malarial parasite developed resistance to ____________ which caused malaria t become one the of world's leading re-emerging infectious diseases
Answer
Chloroquine
Plasmodium
Question 7
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What permitted the European conquest of the tropics?
Answer
quinine
cinchona
Question 8
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Individuals who inherit ___________ hemoglobin genes with the sickle-cell mutation become ill and often die prematurely, but those who inherit only _________ gene with the mutation ar resistant to malaria
Answer
two, one
one, two
Question 9
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Malaria is caused by a parasite called
Answer
Plasmodium
Glasmodium
Chloroquine
Question 10
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Current world population is
Answer
8.2 billion
7.2 billion
6.2 billion
Question 11
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Only certain species of female mosquitoes of the _____________ genus can transmit malaria
Answer
Anopheles
Alopheles
Manopheles
Question 12
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Plant extracted anti-malarial drugs include
Answer
quinine and artemisinin
quinine and cinchona
Question 13
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What percentage of all childhood deaths in Africa are due to malaria?
Answer
30%
40%
20%
Question 14
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Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasite called
Answer
plasmodium
anopheles
chloroquine
Question 15
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The Countess of Chinchón was cured of her malaria fever using the bark from a tree which was called afterwards