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Do Sporozoites in blood signal the end of prepatent period?

November 4, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Will the appearance of sporozoites in blood mark the end of prepatent period in malaria? ANSWER Actually, no. The presence of sporozoites indicates the start of the infection. Sporozoites are introduced into the bloodstream via the bite of an infected mosquit0. The sporozoites then have to make their way to the liver and infect hepatocyte cells, where they undergo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: asexual replication, budding, erythrocytes, hepatocytes, Malaria Symptoms, merozoites, pre-erythrocytic schizogony, pre-patent infection, sporozoites

Malaria Re-occurrence

September 11, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: I've been infected with malaria vivax, for this i've taken the treatment for three days, after three days i don't have any symptoms but after two days again I'm feeling the fever and abdominal pain which i'm having since the diagnosis is still persisting. Why is it happening? Are there any chances even after treatment for re-occurrence? My urine is yellow color but there is no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood stages, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, hepatocytes, hypnozoites, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria Treatment, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine

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