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An extensive range of additional resources to enhance teaching and learning and to facilitate understanding of this chapter may be found online at the text’s accompanying website, located on thePoint at http://thepoint.lww.com. These include Watch and Learn videos, Concepts in Action animations, journal articles, review questions, case studies, discussion topics and quizzes.

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Healthcare providers and students may want to consult the following Internet sources: www.health.nt.gov.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia. aspx?file=pdf/10/94.pdf&siteID=1&str_title=Malaria. pdf Northern Territory Government Malaria Guidelines for Health Professionals in the Northern Territory. www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/PUarticles/doxyou.htm Medsafe information about oesophageal ulcer and doxycycline. http://smartraveller.gov.au Home page of Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Smart Traveller. www.who.int/malaria/en World Health Organization resources and guidelines for managing malaria. www.who.int/countries/png/en World Health Organization country profile: Papua New Guinea. www.who.int/malaria/publications/country-profiles/ profile_idn_en.pdf World Health Organization country profile: Indonesia.

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2. When describing the development of malaria caused by the Plasmodium protozoan, the instructor would explain that the organism depends on: a. a snail to act as intermediary in the life cycle of the protozoan. b. a mosquito and a red blood cell for maturation. c. a human liver cell for cell division and reproduction. d. stagnant water for maturation.

Answers to the questions in this chapter can be found in the Appendix A at the back of this book.

MULTIPLE CHOICE Select the best answer to the following.

1. After a group of students is taught about protozoal infections, which infection, if stated by the group as caused by an insect bite, would indicate the need for additional teaching? a. malaria b. trypanosomiasis c. leishmaniasis d. giardiasis