Plasmodium falciparum
Insecticide-treated
nets (ITNs)
Rings of P. falciparum in a thin
blood smear.
Thin and delicate
Possess one or two chromatin
dots.
Ring-form trophozoites in
thin blood smears
Exhibiting Maurer's clefts
Gametocytes in a thick blood
smear.
Crescent- or sausage-shaped
Schizonts in thin blood smear.
Contain anywhere from 8-24
merozoites
Microscopy
Molecular
Diagnosis
Antigen
Detection
Intermittent preventive
treatment of malaria in pregnant
women (IPTp)
Intermittent preventive
treatment of malaria in
infancy (IPTi)
Indoor residual
spraying (IRS)
https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/index.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl
e/abs/pii/S1471492218302484
Quinine-based therapy is with
quinine (or quinidine) sulfate plus
doxycycline or clindamycin or
pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine