Identification of Plasmodium vivax /CC6-P (B.SC.ZOOLOGY_MAJOR_CCF)

 Identifying features are:

1. Trophozoite is about 1/3rd the diameter of the infected RBC.
2. Cytoplasm opposite to the chromatin dot is thicker.
3. Growing forms are very irregular in shape enclosing a vacuole.
4. Mature Schizont is larger than the RBC,& almost completely occupies the enlarged RBC.
5. Merozoites are arranged in grape-like clusters.
6. Presence of the granular yellowish-brown haemozoin pigments.
7. Schuffner's dots are present in enlarged, pale RBC's.
8. Gametocytes are spherical or globular & much larger than RBC.

        Hence, the specimen seems to be Plasmodium vivax

Systematic Position (Levine et al,1980)

Kingdom: Protozoa

   Phylum: Apicomplexa

        Class: Sporozoea

              Sub Class: Coccidia

                      Genus: Plasmodium vivax

For labelled diagram :https://drive.google.com/file/d/12MJp8OiAP54HuL3jo3Xs5328kOC47Jqt/view?usp=sharing