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|colspan="1" style = "font-size:100%; color:black; background: #afbddb |'''Overview of malaria lifecycle'''
'''Navigation'''</br>
<span style="font-size:80%">(click blue highlighted text to return to page)</span></br></br>
<span style="font-size:90%">[[Malaria Index|Malaria main index]]''</span></br>
<span style="font-size:90%">>This page: <u>Malaria Biology</u></span>
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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). Each
stage has clinical and often morphological relevance - these are described in the other links in the section.
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*[[Pre-erythrocytic (liver) stage]]  
 
*Biology of the trohozoite stage
Click on title to see details:</br>
*[[Biology of the schizont]]
 
*Biology of the gametocyte
1. [[Pre-erythrocytic (liver) stage|Initial infection]]</br>
*[[Re-infection of the mosquito]]
2. [[Biology of the trophozoite stage|Trophozoites]]</br>
*The host response to malaria
3. [[Biology of the schizont|Schizonts]]: asexual replication in blood, morphological variabilty, intermittent fevers</br>
4. [[Biology of the gametocyte|Gametocytes]]: sexual replication, male and female forms, persistence after treatment</br>
5. [[Re-infection of the mosquito]]: the mosquito stage, stored samples and exflagellation</br>
 
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Navigation
(click blue highlighted text to return to page)

Malaria main index
>This page: Malaria Biology


Overview
Descriptions

Click on title to see details:

1. Initial infection
2. Trophozoites
3. Schizonts: asexual replication in blood, morphological variabilty, intermittent fevers
4. Gametocytes: sexual replication, male and female forms, persistence after treatment
5. Re-infection of the mosquito: the mosquito stage, stored samples and exflagellation