preerythrocytic stage

preerythrocytic stage: in the life cycle of malarial parasites (protozoa of genus Plasmodium), the period after parasites are inside the mammal, bird, or reptile host but have not yet invaded the erythrocytes for the erythrocytic stage; they first swim freely in the bloodstream and then invade the liver for the intrahepatic stage. Called also exoerythrocytic s.

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preerythrocytic phase — see under stage … Medical dictionary
intrahepatic stage — in the life cycle of malarial parasites (protozoa of genus Plasmodium), the part of the preerythrocytic stage when sporozoites have invaded the liver and are developing into merozoites … Medical dictionary
exoerythrocytic stage — preerythrocytic s … Medical dictionary
primaquine phosphate — An antimalarial agent especially effective against Plasmodium vivax, terminating relapsing vivax malaria; usually administered with chloroquine. p. sensitivity a sensitivity to p. observed in individuals with glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase… … Medical dictionary
exoerythrocytic plasmodium — a malarial parasite outside a red blood cell; see preerythrocytic stage, under stage … Medical dictionary
Plasmodium — The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single celled organism able to divide only within a host cell. * * * A genus of the protozoan family Plasmodidae (suborder Haemosporina, subclass Coccidia) … Medical dictionary
cryptozoite — n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zoon, animal] A stage of the malarial organism arising from the injected sporozoite that is found living in tissues before entering the blood; a preerythrocytic schizont of Plasmodium spp … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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