Plasmodium falciparum

• Plasmodium falciparum is also known as what?

  Malignant Tertian Malaria
• Recrudescence: A repeated attack of malaria due to the survival of malaria parasites in red blood cells.
• True relapse: Recurrence of disease after it has been apparently cured
• In P. falciparum, fever occurs every how many hours?

  36-48 hours
• P. falciparum exhibits RECRUDESCENCE or TRUE RELAPSE?

  Recrudescence
• What are the two diseases caused by P. falciparum?

  cerebral malaria and blackwater fever
• P. falciparum is FATAL and is common in the PHILIPPINES.
• P. falciparum infects NORMAL size RBCs and invades ALL STAGES.
• What are the PIGMENT/GRANULES of P. falciparum?

  Maurer's dot and basophilic stipplings
• What stages of P. falciparum can be seen in a PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR?

  Ring forms and few gametocytes
• Ring forms: small rings form or applique forms
• Ring form are also known as what?

  applique forms
• Gametes: crescent or sausage-shaped
• Trophozoites and Schizont: seldom seen in blood
• Ring form: scanty cytoplasm connected to one or two small chromatin dots
• Trophozoites: consists of one or two rings that each possess a heavy cytoplasmic ring
• Schizont: multiple chromatin bodies surrounded by cytoplasm and is only visible in those with SEVERE infections.
• What is this?

  Ring form of Plasmodium falciparum

  
• What is this?

  Gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum

  
• What is this?

  Trophozoites of Plasmodium falciparum

  
• What is this?

  Schizont of Plasmodium falciparum

  
• Identify the gametocytes of the following plasmodium spp.

  A) Plasmodium falciparum

  B) Plasmodium ovale

  C) Plasmodium malariae

  D) Plasmodium vivax

  
• What is the incubation period of plasmodium f.?

  7-10 days