Plasmodium vivax | diagram of plasmodium vivax

P. vivax are parasites found inhabiting the liver and blood of humans, and salivary glands of mosquitoes at various stages of development ...PlasmodiumvivaxFromMicrobeWiki,thestudent-editedmicrobiologyresourceJumpto:navigation,searchThisstudentpagehasnotbeencurated.Contents1Classification1.1Species2DescriptionandSignificance2.1Appearance2.2Habitat2.3Significance3GenomeStructure4CellStructure,MetabolismandLifeCycle4.1LifeCycle/CellStructure4.1.1HumanInfection4.1.1.1LiverStage4.1.1.2ErythrocyticStage4.1.2MosquitoInfection4.1.2.1Fertilization4.1.2.2Sporogony5EcologyandPathogenesis5.1Symbiosis5.2Symptoms6References7AuthorClassificationFigure1.PlasmodiumVivaxTrophozoiteDomain:EukaryotePhylum:ApicomplexaClass:AconoidasidaOrder:HaemosporidaFamily:PlasmodiidaeGenus:PlasmodiumSpeciesNCBI:TaxonomyPlasmodiumvivaxDescriptionandSignificanceStagesofP.vivaxDevelopmentAppearanceP.vivaxareparasitesfoundinhabitingtheliverandbloodofhumans,andsalivaryglandsofmosquitoesatvariousstagesofdevelopmentandshape.Startingasringswithinredbloodcells,thentrophozoitesastheydevelopwithintheredbloodcells.Next,theyformroundgametocytesfillingtheredbloodcellsandschizontswhichareelongatedandwormlike,furtherfillingouttheredbloodcells.RedbloodcellsinfectedbyP.vivaxcauseswellingofthecell,increasingthesizebyapproximately1.5timesthenormalsizeofredbloodcells.GeographicalDistributionofP.vivaxHabitatP.vivaxisfoundwithinSouthAmericaandAsia,alongwithsmalleramountsfoundwithinthehornofAfricaandMadagascar.P.vivaxisthemostwidespreadofhumanmalaria,withfartherreachesthanthetemperatelimitedPlasmodiumfalciparummorecommonlyconsideredformalariainfections,enabledbytheparasiteformingadormantstagewithinthehumanliver,enablingsafestoragefortheparasiteduringmosquito-freecoldseasons.[3]SignificanceP.vivaxhasgreatsignificanceduetotheformationofhypnozoiteswithintheliverofinfectedhumanhosts.Thishypnozoitestageleadstoa"hibernation"whereP.vivaxremainsdormantuntilunknown(butlinkedtomosquitovectorbites[3])factorstriggergrowth.Thisactivat


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