Below is the solution to the Plasmodium CrossWord Puzzle previously posted.
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Clues with their answers
Across
5) This piroplasm is closely related to the Plasmodium and is transmitted by ticks [BABESIA]
7) This stage of the malaria infects red blood cells [MEROZOITE]
9) P. vivax malaria is also known as benign … [TERTIAN]
12) A sudden recurrence or attack of disease [PAROXYSM]
13) The first stage of a malaria paroxysm involves shivering and is described as the __ stage [COLD]
15) This species of Plasmodium is the most frequent cause of recurring malaria [VIVAX]
16) P. vivax will infect red bloods that are … [YOUNG]
17) Types of cells that some malaria can lay dormant in [HEPATOCYTES]
20) Oocysts in the mosquito rupture to release [SPOROZOITES]
23) These dots are associated with infections due to P. vivax and P. ovale [SCHUFFNER]
25) Genus of parasite causing malaria [PLASMODIUM]
27) This Plasmodium species infects red blood cells that old or mature [MALARIAE]
28) A characteristic of red blood cells infected with P. vivax is that they are …. [ENLARGED]
Down
1) Male gametocyte [MICROGAMETOCYTE]
2) Infected red blood cells with P. ovale are round to oval with ragged edges described as … [FIMBRIATED]
3) Quinine, which has antimalarial characteristics, is derived from this tree [CINCHONA]
4) This stage is plasmodium sexual cycle is the first step and occurs in the anopheline vector [GAMETOCYTE]
6) This genus of mosquitoes are the vector of Plasmodium [ANOPHELES]
8) Sex of the mosquito responsible for transmitting the Plasmodium parasite [FEMALE]
10) These forms are many times seen on the periphery of red blood cells in P. falciparum infections [APPLIQUE]
11) Dormant malaria parasites that can activate and cause relapses [HYPNOZOITES]
14) This species of Plasmodium is considered the deadliest of the malaria species [FALCIPARUM]
18) This stain is the stain of choice for staining malarial parasites in a blood smear [GIEMSA]
19) Gametocytes in P. falciparum have this characteristic shape [CRESCENT]
21) Merozoites are released upon the rupture of the [SCHIZONT]
22) This species of Plasmodium is most common in Malaysia and found naturally in macaques [KNOWLESI]
24) P. vivax and this other species will infect young red blood cells [OVALE]
26) Female gametocyte [MACROGAMETOCYTE]