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MALARIA. PLASMODIUM VIVAX PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM PLASMODIUM OVALE PLASMODIUM MALARIAE Dr.Rita Swaminathan Mr.Narayana Kamath. LIFE CYCLE. ALTERATION OF GENERATIONS asexual cycle (schizogony) sexual cycle (sporogony) ALTERATION OF HOSTS
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MALARIA PLASMODIUM VIVAX PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM PLASMODIUM OVALE PLASMODIUM MALARIAE Dr.Rita Swaminathan Mr.Narayana Kamath
LIFE CYCLE • ALTERATION OF GENERATIONS asexual cycle (schizogony) sexual cycle (sporogony) • ALTERATION OF HOSTS intermediate host (man) schizogony definitive host (mosquito) sporogony
Morphology-thin blood smear nucleus ring cytoplasm
Morphology Male gametocyte Female gametocyte
Pathogenesis and Clinical features • Pre-patent period, & incubation period • Febrile paroxysms(Erythrocytic schizogony) • Hot stage , cold stage & sweating stage • Anaemia • Splenomegaly • Complications of P.falciparum
Laboratory diagnosis • Peripheral smear : Thick smear,Thin smear • CBC • Flourescent microscopy(QBC) • Rapid tests :Malaria Ag detection test • DNA probes • Seroloical tests(ELISA)
Treatment & prevention • Chemotherypy: Antimalarial agents • Antimosquito measures • Early diagnosis and radical cure for relapses • Malarial vaccine