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Plasmodium spp.

Mahamed Yassin , Zakariya Salah , Isse Ahmed. Plasmodium spp. Classification. Domain- Eukaryota Kindom - Chromalveolata Superphylum - Alveolata Phylum- Apicomplexa Class- Aconoidasida Order- Haemosporida Family- Plasmodiidae Genus- Plasmodium Species- falciparum.

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Plasmodium spp.

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  1. MahamedYassin, ZakariyaSalah, Isse Ahmed Plasmodium spp.

  2. Classification Domain- Eukaryota Kindom- Chromalveolata Superphylum- Alveolata Phylum- Apicomplexa Class- Aconoidasida Order- Haemosporida Family- Plasmodiidae Genus- Plasmodium Species- falciparum

  3. Classification Kingdom: Protista Phylum: Apicomplexa Class: Aconoidasida Order: Haemosporida Family: Plasmodiidae Genus: Plasmodium Species: vivax, ovale, malariae

  4. Morphological Forms:

  5. Hosts Definitive host- Anopheles genus Intermediate host- humans and other vertebrates such as birds and reptiles

  6. Life Cycle

  7. Pathogenesis • Fever • Chills • Nausea • Headaches • Fatigue • Confusion • coma • Anemia • DEATH!!!

  8. Control • Mosquito nets • Insect repellents • Spraying insecticides • Draining standing water • Drugs such as • Mefloquine • Doxycycline

  9. Diagnosis Microscope examination Urinalysis Saliva examination Looking for clinical signs

  10. Treatment: P. falciparum • First line of antimalarial treatment (ACTs) • artemether plus lumefantrin • artesunate plus amodiaquine • artesunate plus mefloquine • artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine • dihydroartemisinin plus piperaquine • For sever malaria best to due rapid clinical assement • Adults: intravenous (IV) or Intramascular (IM) • Children: IV or IM- artesunate

  11. Treatment: P. vivax & rest • Chlorinquine- treatment of choice for P. vavix • Primaquine- if chlorinquine is unseccessful • Vaccination- Although an antimalarial vaccine is urgently needed, infected individuals never develop a sterilizing (complete) immunity, making the prospects for such a vaccine dim. • it may be possible to develop a vaccine that would reduce the severity of malaria for children living in endemic areas.

  12. Public Health Concerns • Malaria kills more than a million people a year • Malaria death is equivalent to about 3,000 children dying • This amounts for one child dying every 30 seconds

  13. References http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/m/malaria/symptoms.htm#intro http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/pl_sp.html http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/malaria.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria

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