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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
Part 8. Infectious Diseases > Section 18. Protozoal Infections >
Chapter e27. Atlas of Blood Smears of Malaria and Babesiosis
Sections:
Atlas of Blood Smears of Malaria and Babesiosis: Introduction, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed:
babesiosis; malaria; parasitic diseases; parasitology.
Excerpt:
"
Five species of blood protozoan parasites cause human malaria: the potentially lethal and often drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum; the relapsing parasites P. vivax and P. ovale; P. malariae, which can persist at low densities for years; and
P. knowlesi
, a monkey parasite that causes occasional infections in humans in tropical forests in Southeast Asia.
P. knowlesi
resembles
P. falciparum
and
P. malariae
microscopically but is identified definitively by molecular methods (see Table e27-1, footnote a)...."
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