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| '''''Plasmodium falciparum'''''
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| [[File:PFcombi.jpg|right|400px|link=]] | |
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| '''Brief Summary'''
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| *Small fine ring forms with certain characteristic features
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| *Rings have relatively uniform appearance
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| *Maurer's dots and clefts in late trophozoites
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| *Schizonts very rarely seen
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| *Characteristic elongated (often curved) 'banana' gametocyes
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| '''More'''
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| [[PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM|click for full description]]
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| [[PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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| '''''Plasmodium vivax'''''
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| [[File:PV combi.jpg|right|400px|link=]]
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| '''Brief summary'''
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| *Large robust rings that become amoeboid during later development
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| *Red cells become increasingly enlarged and distorted
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| *Schüffner's dots present in appropriately stained samples
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| *All forms tend to circulate with large schizont and gametocyte forms
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| '''More'''
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| [[PLASMODIUM VIVAX|click for full description]]
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| [[PLASMODIUM VIVAX Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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| '''''Plasmodium ovale'''''
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| [[File:PO combi.jpg|right|400px|link=PLASMODIUM OVALE]]
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| '''Brief summary'''
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| *Large robust rings often retained in late trophozoite stage
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| *Red cells enlarged with oval shape and characteristic fimbriation
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| *Schüffner's dots seen in well stained samples
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| *All forms tend to circulate, parasites large but smaller than for ''P.vivax''
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| '''More'''
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| [[PLASMODIUM OVALE|click for full description]]
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| [[PLASMODIUM OVALE Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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| '''''Plasmodium malariae'''''
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| [[File:PMcombi.jpg|right|400px|link=PLASMODIUM MALARIAE]]
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| '''Brief summary'''
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| *Small rings (less delicate than ''P.falciparum''); becoming elongated or solid
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| *Red cells often small remaining round with no added dots
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| *All forms tend to circulate, characteristic "daisy" schizonts and small round gametocytes''
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| *Parasite number is often low
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| [[PLASMODIUM MALARIAE|click for full description]]
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| [[PLASMODIUM MALARIAE Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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| '''''Plasmodium knowlesi'''''
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| [[File:PKcombi.jpg|right|400px|link=]]
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| '''Brief Summary'''
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| *Very limited geographical distribution
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| *Small fine ring forms resemble ''P.falciparum''
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| *Later rings are more solid or elongated similar to ''P.malariae''
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| *Faint dots (Sinton or Mulligan's stippling) appear at later stages
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| *Schizonts & gametocytes resemble ''P.malariae'' but are less "neat"
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| *Characteristically red cell size is unaffected, although distortion may be seen
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| '''More'''
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| [[PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI|click for full description]]
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| [[PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI Gallery|click for gallery of forms]]
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