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Plasmodium knowlesi

Epidemiology: - South & Southeast Asia - reservoir is macaque monkey - completes blood life cycle in 24 hours Pathology: - parasitemia may be high - high risk of severe malaria - mimics Plasmodium falciparum Laboratory: - Plasmodium identified in blood by light microscopy (peripheral blood smear) - all stages of the parasite may be seen - Plasmodium knowlesi DNA Management: - sensitive to chloroquine - no risk of relapse once treated

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malaria

General

Plasmodium

Properties

KINGDOM: animal PHYLUM: protozoa

References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1260-64
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1180-89