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Examination of Malaria Parasite

October 22, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How can you examine malaria parasites? ANSWER Malaria parasites are usually examined under a microscope using a peripheral blood smear method (also called a blood film). Thick blood smears, which use a large unsmeared drop of blood, are sensitive since a large number of red blood cells can be examined, though the parasites, if present, are difficult to distinguish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anti-coagulant, gametocyte, malaria diagnostic, Maurer's dots, merozoite, microscopy, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, schizont, Schüffner's dots, trophozoite

Schizont

October 20, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is a schizont? ANSWER A schizont is a malaria parasite which has matured and contains many merozoites, which are the parasite stage that infects red blood cells. Schizonts can be produces during two separate phases of the life cycle within the human host: first in the hepatocytic cells in the liver (when sporozoites mature) during the exo-erythrocytic cycle and then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: erythrocytic cycle, exo-erythrocytic cycle, hepatocyte, hypnozoite, merozoite, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, red blood cells, schizont, trophozoite

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