Ann Lab Med.  2014 Nov;34(6):481-483. 10.3343/alm.2014.34.6.481.

First Report of Neutrophil Involvement of Exflagellated Plasmodium vivax Microgametes

• Choi SI
• Jeon BR
• Lee YW
• Shin HB
• Lee YK

• KMID: 2129578
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2014.34.6.481

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Antimalarials/therapeutic use
Clindamycin/therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Malaria, Vivax/*diagnosis/drug therapy/parasitology
Neutrophils/*parasitology
Plasmodium vivax/growth & development/*isolation & purification
Pregnancy
Quinine/therapeutic use
Trophozoites/cytology
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimalarials
Clindamycin
Quinine

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Plasmodium vivax-infected erythrocytes. (A) Amoeboid trophozoite. The arrow indicates a microgametocyte showing exflagellation of microgametes. (B) Mature trophozoite. (C) Schizont in division. (D) Mature macrogametocyte (Wright-Giemsa stain, ×1,000).

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  Fig. 2 Microgametes of Plasmodium vivax and neutrophils containing microgametes. (A) Microgamete of P. vivax. (B) Exflagellation of microgametes from a microgametocyte. (C) Neutrophils containing microgametes within the phagosome. (D-G) Microgametes observed within the cytoplasm of neutrophils. Neutrophils show nuclear condensation and a ruffled plasma membrane (Wright-Giemsa stain, ×1,000).

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