At the end of the module on pharmacotherapy of fungal, protozoan and helminthic infections, the nursing students are asked to identify why malaria is so difficult to treat. Which Answer by a student indicates understanding of the topic?

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Rationale 1 While resistance is a problem, it is not the primary reason that the treatment is complex.
Rationale 2. There is no evidence to support this statement
Rationale 3. While the protozoan that is responsible for the disease goes through changes within a lifecycle, there is no evidence to support that a permanent mutation is responsible for the complex treatment.
Rationale 4. Drug therapy of protozoan infections is difficult due to the animals' complicated life cycles. Pharmacotherapy of malaria attempts to interrupt the complex life cycle of Plasmodium. Although successful early in the course of the disease, therapy becomes increasingly difficult as
the parasite enters different stages of its life cycle.

At the End of the Module on Pharmacotherapy of Fungal