Malaria
Last updated
Last updated
sporozoite infectious form
not get sick for several weeks
schizonts: many nuclei, ready to rupture
in liver, hasn't reached RBC
daughter cells
can see on blood smears
cyclic fever whenever schizonts rupture
erythrocyte cycle cause of fever pattern
primaquine the one drug that treats vivax, doesn't treat active cell
Duffy antigen on RBC necessary for infection
plasmodium converts Hgb heme to nontoxic form using heme polymerase
mefloquine prophylaxis for travelers. Very vivid dreams SE
