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Classification of Malaria

June 4, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Classification of malaria ANSWER Malaria is caused by a single celled protist of the genus Plasmodium. This genus is part of a Phylum of single-celled protist organisms called Apicomplexa. The Apicomplexans mostly posses an organ called an apicoplast, which is part of an apical structure designed to aid entry into a host cell. The Apicomplexa is split into two Classes, of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Apicomplexa, apicoplast, classification, definitive host, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

Malaria Life Cycle Illustration

June 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the life cycle of malaria? ANSWER The life cycle of malaria is complex, involving a definitive host, or vector, which for human malaria is a mosquito of the genus Anopheles, and also a human host. Inside both, the malaria parasite undergoes several different transformations and reproductive cycles, which are detailed in the schematic below. You may also view a video of … [Read more...]

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Malaria Life Cycle

May 29, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the life cycle of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a single celled organism in the genus Plasmodium. Five species of Plasmodium infect humans, but all follow a very similar life cycle, including two separate cycles of asexual reproduction in the human host (one in the liver, called the exo-erythrocytic cycle, and one in the blood, and specifically inside red blood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: definitive host, erythrocytic cycle, exo-erythrocytic cycle, liver, Malaria life cycle, mosquito, Plasmodium, red blood cells, vector

Malaria Parasites Classification

May 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Where are malaria parasites classified? ANSWER The parasite that causes malaria comes from the genus Plasmodium, which is part of a Phylum of single-celled protist organisms called Apicomplexa. The Apicomplexans mostly posses an organ called an apicoplast, which is part of an apical structure designed to aid entry into a host cell. The Apicomplexa is split into two Classes, of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Apicomplexa, definitive host, Haemosporidia, life cycle, mosquito, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, systematics, taxonomy, vector, vertebrate host

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