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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Plasmodium ovale   |   Plasmodium malariae   |   Other infections   |   Tests

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Course Introduction

This course is designed to strengthen the malaria diagnostic competencies of laboratory technicians.

 

Because treatment and clinical management of the disease produced by each species of the malaria parasite may differ, and because epidemiological investigations often are required, it is necessary to identify and report the specific species found in the patients blood. Therefore the lab technician must be familiar with the appearance of each of the four species in stained blood film.

 

The four species known to infect humans are Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae.