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| Plasmodium spp ID Methods |
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| thick and thin blood smears, Antigen testing (Rapid EIA) |
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| trophozoite shows signet rings in rbcs, rare gametocytes seen in blood film, schizont in liver shows Merozoites, when schizont ruptures Merozoites enter the blood stream, Merozoites become trophozoites in the rbcs, cannot be seen extracellularly |
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| Plasmodium spp special characteristics |
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| species have different characteristics, seen in patients who have traveled |
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| thick and thin blood smears, IgM/IgG antibody detection and PCR |
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| ringed trophozoites on thin film, multiple rings and Maltese- cross, can be seen extracellularly, |
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| Babesia spp special characteristics |
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| seen in United States (east coast) |
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| Toxoplasma gondii ID methods |
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| serologic methods to test for IgG/IgM in Buffy coat, PCR on blood and amniotic fluid, microscopic detection on blood smear or tissue section |
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| Toxoplasma gondii diagnosis |
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| Toxoplasma gondii special characteristics |
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| from cat feces, detected in blood or tissue, can cross placenta |
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| Trypanosoma spp ID methods |
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| blood smear (also CSF, chancre, spleen, liver, bone, lymphatic system, heart and brain), ELISA and agglutination methods (immunologic methods) |
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| Trypanosoma spp diagnosis |
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| undulating membrane, thin half moons, big, flagella |
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| Trypanosoma spp special characteristics |
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| causes African sleeping sickness, speciate by PCR |
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| Leishmania spp ID Methods |
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| blood smear, serology and immunology techniques, and PCR |
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| long skinny tapered promastigote in blood |
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| Special characteristics Leishmania |
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| macrophage ingests promastigote, amastigote in tissue samples, flagella |
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