PROTOZOA (Apicomplexa) Flashcards
No definite locomotory organelle (no flagella, pseudopodia but has schizogony and sporogony cycle)
Apicomplexa
Blood-borne and arthropod transmitted parasite
Apicomplexa
Most common Apicomplexa worldwide
P. vivax
Intermediate host of Apicomplexa
Man
Apicomplexa
Infective stage:
Sporozoite
Apicomplexa
Definitive Host
Mosquito (vector)
Mosquito
Infective stage:
Gametocyte
Has rings
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
Trophozoite:
amoeboid; deforms the erythrocyte
Plasmodium vivax
Schizonts:
12-24 merozoites (will infect RBC)
Plasmodium vivax
Gametocyte:
Round-oval
Plasmodium ovale
Trophozoite:
compact
Plasmodium ovale
Schizonts:
6-14 merozoites. Dark pigment (rosettes)
Plasmodium ovale
Gametocyte:
Round-oval
use peripheral blood smear
Differential count – Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium falciparum
Has rings:
double chromatin dots; accole forms; multiple infections in same red cell
Plasmodium falciparum
Trophozoite:
compact (rarely seen in peripheral blood)
Plasmodium falciparum
Gametocyte:
mature (M) and Immature form (I) (the immature form is rarely seen in peripheral blood)
Plasmodium falciparum
Schizonts:
8-24 merozoites (rarely seen in peripheral blood)
Plasmodium falcifarum
RBC inclusion:
Mauer’s Dots
Plasmodium vivax
RBC Inclusion:
Shuffner’s granules/Dot
Plasmodium malariae
RBC Inclusion:
Zieman’s dots
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium knowlesi
RBC Inclusion:
Shuffner’s/James’ dots
Resistant to P. falciparum
Sickle cell trait
Seen in P. vivax and P. ovale
Relapse
Resistant to P. vivax
Duffy Negative (Fy (a-,b-)
P. falciparum
RBC preference:
All sizes
RBC preference: Reticulocyte/Young (Increase in RBC/Swell)
P. vivax
P. ovale