Diagnosis of Malaria

Clinical features
Fever with chills and rigors
Type of fever: Intermittent---

quotidian fever as an intermittent fever that occurs each day,

Tertian (fever every third day) 

quadrant(fever every 4 days)

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Splenomegaly
Haematuria
Jaundice

Caused by

P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. malariae

Transmitted by the bite of culex mosquito

Laboratory diagnosis
Peripheral smear - leishman's stain for the detection of the parasite ( gametocytes/ring forms and schizonts)

Multiple ring forms are seen specifically only in P.falciparum.

ICT test for detection of the LDH or Histidine rich protein II from blood
Quantitative Buffy coat test