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'''Navigation'''</br>
<span style="font-size:90%">[[Malaria Index|Return to Malaria main index]]''</span></br>
 
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File:New_Malaria_Lifecycle.jpg|<span style="font-size:90%"></span>|link={{filepath:New_Malaria_Lifecycle.jpg}}
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The lifecycle of malaria is shown below. Parasites move from the mosquito to mammal host, then back again (click on the image for a size version).
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1. [[Pre-erythrocytic (liver) stage|'''Initial infection:''']]<span style="font-size:90%"></br>Process, forms and re-crudescence</span>
Knowledge of each stage is useful since each has clinical, and often morphological relevance (see links later in the section)
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2. [[Biology of the trophozoite stage|'''Trophozoites:''']]<span style="font-size:90%"></br>Biology, characteristics and forms
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3. [[Biology of the schizont|'''Schizonts:''']]<span style="font-size:90%"></br>Morphological variabilty, intermittent fevers
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4. [[Biology of the gametocyte|'''Gametocytes:''']]<span style="font-size:90%"></br>Sexual replication, male and female forms, persistence after treatment
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5. [[Re-infection of the mosquito|'''Re-infection of mosquito:''']]<span style="font-size:90%"></br>Replication in mosquito, stored samples and exflagellation
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*[[Pre-erythrocytic (liver) stage]]
*Biology of the trohozoite stage
*[[Biology of the schizont]]
*Biology of the gametocyte
*[[Re-infection of the mosquito]]
*The host response to malaria
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 20 May 2024


Navigation
Return to Malaria main index


Overview


Descriptions (click title for link)


1. Initial infection:
Process, forms and re-crudescence


2. Trophozoites:
Biology, characteristics and forms


3. Schizonts:
Morphological variabilty, intermittent fevers


4. Gametocytes:
Sexual replication, male and female forms, persistence after treatment


5. Re-infection of mosquito:
Replication in mosquito, stored samples and exflagellation