P.falciparum
- Malignant Tertian fever-occurs in 48 hour intervals
- Reticulocytes,normal and mature RBC’s are affected
- Banana shaped gametocyte,highest parasite burden,Mature ring trophozoites
- Maurers dots.
- Malignant tertian,cerebral malaria,blackwater fever(DIC and renal failure),Algid malaria(circulatory failure)
P.Vivax
- Benign Tertian malaria
- Infects reticulocytes
- Schuffner’s dots,mature ameboid trophozoites
- Causes splenic rupture
P.Ovale
- Rarest in India
- Benign tertian
- Infects reticulocytes
- James dots,pear shaped fimbriated RBC’s
P.Malariae
- Benign Quartan malaria
- Infects mature RBC’s
- Zeimann’s dots,band form of trophozoites seen.
- Causes nephrotic syndrome.
TIPs:
- 3 tertians and one quartan
- Faciparum infects all types of RBC’s but Vivax and Ovale infects only reticulocytes and P.Malaria is too mature so affects only mature RBC’s.
- Latent liver hypnozoites lead to long term relapses in Ovale and Vivax.
- Wih Ovale and Vivax it is not OVer.
- Mnemonic:Dots in different types FM,VS,OJa,MZ.
- Finance Minister met VS in presence of the cricketer OJa with his MiZez.
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