Plasmodium

Question 1

Name the two species of Plasmodium that have schuffner dots.

Answer 1

P. ovale

P. vivax

Question 2

What species of Plasmodium can you see all life stages?

Answer 2

All BUT plasmodium falciparum (only ring forms [trophs] and gametocytes)

Question 3

Which species of Plasmodium would you see a true relapse in life cycle?

Answer 3

P. ovale and P. vivax

Question 4

How does the gametocytes look in the different Plasmodium species?

Answer 4

P. falciparum –> banana shaped

All others –> amoeboid

Question 5

Which plasmodium has a chronic persistence?

Answer 5

P. malariae

Question 6

What are the two main Plasmodium species that cause Malaria?

Answer 6

P. falciparum and P. vivax

Question 7

What species of Plasmodium would you NOT see Merozoites in the peripheral blood?

Answer 7

P. falciparum

Question 8

What is the definitive host and intermediate host of Plasmodium?

Answer 8

Definitive – Anopheles mosquito

Intermediate –humans