PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 18 Protozoal Infections
210 Malaria
 | Figure 210-1 The malaria transmission cycle from mosquito to human. RBC, red blood cell. |
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 | Figure 210-2 Malaria-endemic countries in the Americas (bottom) and in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the South Pacific (top), 2007. CAR, Central African Republic; DROC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; UAE, United Arab Emirates. |
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 | Figure 210-3 The eye in cerebral malaria: perimacular whitening and pale-centered retinal hemorrhages. (Courtesy of N. Beare, T. Taylor, S. Harding, S. Lewallen, and M. Molyneux; with permission.) |
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 | Figure 210-4 Thin blood films of Plasmodium falciparum. A. Young trophozoites. B. Old trophozoites. C. Pigment in polymorphonuclear cells and trophozoites. |
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 | Figure 210-5 Thin blood films of Plasmodium vivax. A. Young trophozoites. B. Old trophozoites. C. Mature schizonts. D. Female gametocytes. E. Male gametocytes. (Reproduced from Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections, 2nd ed, with the permission of the World Health... |
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 | Figure 210-6 Thick blood films of Plasmodium falciparum. A. Trophozoites. B. Gametocytes. (Reproduced from Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections, 2nd ed, with the permission of the World Health Organization.) |
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 | Figure 210-7 Thick blood films of Plasmodium vivax. A. Trophozoites. B. Schizonts. C. Gametocytes. (Reproduced from Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections, 2nd ed, with the permission of the World Health... |
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 | Figure 210-8 Thick blood films of Plasmodium ovale. A. Trophozoites. B. Schizonts. C. Gametocytes. (Reproduced from Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections, 2nd ed, with the permission of the World Health... |
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 | Figure 210-9 Thick blood films of Plasmodium malariae. A. Trophozoites. B. Schizonts. C. Gametocytes. (Reproduced from Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Malaria Infections, 2nd ed, with the permission of the World Health... |
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 | Figure 210-10 Mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia: high-level mefloquine resistance (brown), low-level mefloquine resistance (red), and mefloquine sensitivity (failure rate, <20%; green). There is insufficient information for... |
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