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'''''Plasmodium falciparum'''''
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'''MALARIA INDEX'''


'''Brief Summary'''
[[Malaria Biology|The essential biology of malaria]]


*Small fine ring forms with certain characteristic features
[[Diagnosis Guide: How to interpret rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)]]
*Rings have relatively uniform appearance
*Maurer's dots and clefts in late trophozoites
*Schizonts very rarely seen
*Characteristic elongated (often curved) 'banana' gametocyes


[[Diagnosis Guide: How to view and interpret thick films]]


'''More'''
[[Diagnosis Guide: The approach to thin film interpretation]]


[[PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM|click for full description]]
[[Species identification: summary page|Thin film morphology for each malaria species]]
 
[[PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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'''''Plasmodium vivax'''''
 
[[File:PV combi.jpg|right|400px|link=]]
 
 
'''Brief summary'''
 
*Large robust rings that become amoeboid during later development
*Red cells become increasingly enlarged and distorted
*Schüffner's dots present in appropriately stained samples
*All forms tend to circulate with large schizont and gametocyte forms
 
 
 
'''More'''
 
[[PLASMODIUM VIVAX|click for full description]]
 
[[PLASMODIUM VIVAX Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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'''''Plasmodium ovale'''''
 
 
[[File:PO combi.jpg|right|400px|link=PLASMODIUM OVALE]]
 
 
'''Brief summary'''
 
*Large robust rings often retained in late trophozoite stage
*Red cells enlarged with oval shape and characteristic fimbriation
*Schüffner's dots seen in well stained samples
*All forms tend to circulate, parasites large but smaller than for ''P.vivax''
 
 
 
'''More'''
 
[[PLASMODIUM OVALE|click for full description]]
 
[[PLASMODIUM OVALE Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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'''''Plasmodium malariae'''''
 
[[File:PMcombi.jpg|right|400px|link=PLASMODIUM MALARIAE]]
 
 
'''Brief summary'''
 
*Small rings (less delicate than ''P.falciparum''); becoming elongated or solid
*Red cells often small remaining round with no added dots
*All forms tend to circulate, characteristic "daisy" schizonts and small round gametocytes''
*Parasite number is often low
 
 
 
'''More'''
 
[[PLASMODIUM MALARIAE|click for full description]]
 
[[PLASMODIUM MALARIAE Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
 
 
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'''''Plasmodium knowlesi'''''
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'''Brief Summary'''
 
*Very limited geographical distribution
*Small fine ring forms resemble ''P.falciparum''
*Later rings are more solid or elongated similar to ''P.malariae''
*Faint dots (Sinton or Mulligan's stippling) appear at later stages
*Schizonts & gametocytes resemble ''P.malariae'' but are less "neat"
*Characteristically red cell size is unaffected, although distortion may be seen


[[Galleries|Access galleries (list and links)]]


'''More'''
[[Alaphatical list of specific malaria features|Alphabetical list and links to specific forms]]


[[PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI|click for full description]]
[[Babesia|A short guide to Babesia recognition]]


[[PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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Revision as of 14:36, 7 May 2024

Mosquito.png

MALARIA INDEX

The essential biology of malaria

Diagnosis Guide: How to interpret rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)

Diagnosis Guide: How to view and interpret thick films

Diagnosis Guide: The approach to thin film interpretation

Thin film morphology for each malaria species

Access galleries (list and links)

Alphabetical list and links to specific forms

A short guide to Babesia recognition

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