Plasmodium ovale

• Plasmodium ovale is also known as what?

  Benign tertian malaria or ovale malaria
• The flu-like symptoms of Plasmodium ovale occurs every whar?

  48 hours
• What is the incubation period of P. ovale?

  10-17 days same with P. vivax
• Does P. ovale RECRUSCENCE or TRUE RELAPSE?

  True relapse
• Infections of P. ovale last for how long?

  1 year
• Infections of P. vivax lasts for how long?

  several years
• The infected RBCs of P. ovale are SLIGHTLY ENLARGED, may be OVAL or FIMBRIATED and invades RETICULOCYTES
• What is the pigment/granules of P. ovale?

  James and Schuffner's
• Ring forms: single compact ring
• trophozoite: round to oval and may be FIMBRIATED
• Schizont: rosette or irregular cluster
• Gametocytes: round to oval and may be fimbriated
• Ring trophozoite: same to P. vivax but has larger and thicker ring
• What is this?

  ring trophozoite of P. ovale

  
• What is this?

  trophozoite of P. ovale

  
• What is this?

  Schizont of P. ovale

  
• What is this?

  gametocytes of P. ovale