Hemosporidia 9c

The Plasmodium vivax tends to invade ​ (a)   , pliable RBCs or reticulocytes. The infected cells are pale and ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   (fine red granules) may be present. Cells may become ​ (d)   . The mature ring forms tend to be large and coarse. The developing ring forms frequently present and mature schizonts have up to ​ (e)   .

• young
• enlarged
• Schuffer's dots
• distorted/ameboid
• 24 macrozoites
• old
• Howell-Jolly bodies
• immature
• shrunken

All stages of Plasmodium vivax may be observed on peripheral blood smear.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Plasmodium ovale characteristics are ​ (a)   its Cycle of paroxysm is ​ (b)   . It is clinically similar to P. vivax, but less severe. Widely distributed in ​ (c)   and uncommon elsewhere. 60% of infected cells assume an ​ (d)   shape while​ (e)   infected cells have ragged edges.

• Tertian fever
• 48 hours
• West Africa
• oval
• 20%
• Quartan fever
• 24 days
• East Africa

Match the following Ring forms

• Malaria

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• Vivax

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• Falciparum

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• Ovale

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Which of the following shows Plasmodium falciparum with a ring form with double chromatin?

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Which of the following shows Plasmodium falciparum with an Immature schizont?

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Which of the following shows Plasmodium falciparum with a developing gametocyte?

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Which of the following shows Plasmodium falciparum with a mature macrogametocyte?

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Label the Plasmodium falciparum.

a

b

c

ring form

schizont

stain precipitate