Comparative account of four species of human infecting malarial parasite: 1. P. Vivax: i. Geographical distribution: In tropical, subtropical and warmer temperate regions. ii. Duration of pre-erythrocytic schizogony: 10-14 days iii. No. of crypto- zoites formed per schizont: 10,000-12,000 (approx.) iv. Incubation period: 14 days v. Duration of erythrocytic schizogony: 2 days vi. Form in peripheral blood during erythrocytic schizogony: [...]
Each attack of fever shows three successive stages: i. Cold stage: At the beginning of malaria fever the patient suffers from a severe shaking chill. ii. Hot stage: As the chill subsides, the body temperature rises as high as 41° C or 106° F. iii. Sweating stage: D As the temperature lowers down, the patient sweats profusely. Malaria fever takes [...]
The below mentioned article provides notes on malaria relapses. Malaria as a chill and fever disease is known to mankind for a long time. Except the 'ovale malaria' the malarial relapses are very well known in the human malarias. In tertian malaria relapses have been found to take place after 6-12 months of primary infection. The short term malaria have [...]