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Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen.This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria. [2] Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria infections can lead to severe disease and death, often due to splenomegaly (a pathologically enlarged spleen).
Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, [1] exclusively found in infections caused by Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax. [ 2 ] Plasmodium vivax induces morphologic alterations in infected host erythrocytes that are visible by light microscopy in Romanowsky-stained blood smears as multiple brick ...
Subgenus Plasmodium Bray 1963 emend. Garnham 1964; Subgenus Sauramoeba Garnham 1966; Subgenus Vinckeia Garnham 1964; Genus Polychromophilus Landau et al 1984; Genus Rayella Dasgupta 1967; Genus Saurocytozoon Lainson & Shaw 1969; Genus †Vetufebrus Poinar 2011; The genus Mesnilium is the only taxon that infects fish. The genus has a single ...
Schematic representation of the CSP. Circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is a secreted protein of the sporozoite stage of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium sp.) and is the antigenic target of RTS,S and other malaria vaccines. [1]
Organisms whose life cycles rely on this process include Theileria, Babesia, [4] Plasmodium, [5] and Toxoplasma gondii. Sporogony is a type of sexual and asexual reproduction. It involves karyogamy, the formation of a zygote, which is followed by meiosis and multiple fission. This results in the production of sporozoites.
Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection.
An apicoplast is a derived non-photosynthetic plastid found in most Apicomplexa, including Toxoplasma gondii, and Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium spp. (parasites causing malaria), but not in others such as Cryptosporidium. It originated from algae through secondary endosymbiosis; there is debate as to whether this was a green or red ...
The study of Plasmodium parasites has been significant in serving the role as a model organism for human malaria research. Similarities in pathological effects of parasites on avian hosts have been found in parasites infected with malaria in humans by transmission of mosquito bites.