Mnemonic: Malaria

Malaria

Exo-erytrocytes = liver --> vivax 50% + ovale 1%, relapse, long life in erythrocytes

Malaria, no relapse = falciparum 45%

Falciparum 60% + "banana" = ring forms, knobs --> CNS coma

Mature W
Malariae 1%

Lolita
Vivax+Ovale
Signet ring + dots

Related reading:

New therapeutic strategy for malaria: overcome T cell exhaustion by blocking co-inhibitory receptors. Nature, 2012.

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