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ONLINE RESOURCES
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
These include Watch and
Learn videos, Concepts in Action animations, journal articles,
review questions, case studies, discussion topics and quizzes.
WEB LINKS
Healthcare providers and students may want to consult
the following Internet sources:
aspx?file=pdf/10/94.pdf&siteID=1&str_title=Malaria.
pdf
Northern Territory Government Malaria Guidelines for
Health Professionals in the Northern Territory.
Medsafe information about oesophageal ulcer and
doxycycline.
Home page of Australian Government Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade Smart Traveller.
World Health Organization resources and guidelines
for managing malaria.
World Health Organization country profile: Papua New
Guinea.
profile_idn_en.pdf
World Health Organization country profile: Indonesia.
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C H E C K Y O U R U N D E R S T A N D I N G
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
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.
