Malaria – Facts - 1
Incidence:
Most
common cause of hemolytic anemia worldwide
Mode of
transmission:
Vector:
Anopheles
mosquito - female
Blood:
Transfusion
of malaria containing blood
Other:
Contaminated
needles in drug abuse
Pathogenesis:
Receptors
on red cells:
Duffy
negative (Fya-b-)
resistant to P. vivax
Age
of red cells:
P.
vivax and P.
ovale invade young cells & retics
Type
of red cells:
Pyropoikilocytes
resistant to all species of malaria