1. Umm Al-Qura University
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Umm Al-Qura University
Health Sciences College at Al-Leith
Department of Public Health
Lecture (6)

2. Malaria parasites or plasmodium parasites

3. Objectives
1/ Know of Malaria parasites classification and Geographical distribution. 2/ Study of Malaria parasites External Morphology , Habitat, Life cycle, Mode of Transmission, Pathogenicity. 3/ Show Symptoms of Malaria disease. 4/ Show Laboratory diagnosis of Malaria parasites. 5/ Know Treatment and prevention. 6/ Apply of malaria control.

4. Classification of malaria parasites of medical importance.
kingdom: protista or animalia
Subkingdom: protozoa
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Sporozoa
Subclass: Coccidia
Order: Eurococcidia
Suborder: Eimeriina
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: plasmodium
Species: falciparum, vivax, malarae, ovale

10. Mosquito of anopheles female transmitted malaria parasite(plasmodium)

15. Fig 7. 13: Parts of a Malaria parasite inside a red blood cell

16. Fig 7. 14: The trophozoite stage of P.vivax

17. P. falciparum old trophozoites on thin film
P.falciparum old trophozoites on thin film. Note the parasite cytoplasm is thicker and The RBC size remains unchanged.

18. P. falciparum tiny rings on the thin film
P.falciparum tiny rings on the thin film. Note the size of the ring compare to the RBC size.

19. Fig 7. 16: Male and female Gametocytes
P. vivax
P. falciparum
Fig 7. 16: Male and female Gametocytes

24. Life cycle 1-Asexual reproduction in a human 2-Sexual multiplication in mosquitoes

25. life cycle): 1-Asexual reproduction in a human host

28. (life cycle):

29. 2-Sexual multiplication in mosquitoes

35. Malaria patients

41. P. falciparum tiny rings on the thin film
P.falciparum tiny rings on the thin film. Note the size of the ring compare to the RBC size.

50. Control line (C) and the lower test line (T) appears
Control line (C) and the upper Test line (T) appears
P.f. positive
Control line (C) and 2 test lines (T) appear
P.f. infection and an infection of either P.v., P.m. or P.o.
Control line (C) and the lower test line (T) appears
P.v., P.m. or a P.o. infection

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