INTRODUCTORY MODULE (3RD YEAR)

TOXOPLASMOSIS AND MALARIA

Toxoplasmosis

  1.  Identification of tachyzoites and bradyzoites

Plasmodium spp.

  1. Prepare a thin blood smear, stain it with Leishman's stain, examine it using a light microscope and report on the absence or presence of malaria parasites, specifying the species and stages.
  2. Be able to prepare a thick blood smear and recognize malaria parasites in a stained thick smear.

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Faculty of Medicine,
University of Kelaniya,
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Thalagolla Road,
Ragama,
Sri Lanka

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