Malaria Biology
From haematologyetc.co.uk
| Overview of malaria lifecycle |
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).
Knowledge of each stage is useful since each has clinical, and often morphological relevance (see links later in the section)
Infection of the mosquito
| More detailed information |
- Pre-erythrocytic (liver) stage: understand the incubation period and re-crudecence of infection in some species
- Biology of the trohozoite stage
- Biology of the schizont
- Biology of the gametocyte
- Re-infection of the mosquito
- The host response to malaria