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Things to Do Today
• Observe Urinalysis Plates– Note hemolysis & Count Colonies on BAP– Observe EMB plate
• Blood Lecture
• Blood Typing
• Differential WBC Count
• Observe Parasitic Blood Slides
Hemolytic DZ of the Newborn
• Mom must be Rh (-)
• Father must be Rh (+)
• A child must be Rh (+)
• A subsequent child must be Rh (+)
Blood Parasites
• Trypanosoma cruzi Chaga’s disease
• Leishmania Leishmaniasis
• Plasmodium vivax Malaria
• Trypanosoma gambiense Sleeping sickness
Microbe Disease
Blood Parasites
• Trypanosoma cruzi Chaga’s disease
• Leishmania Leishmaniasis
• Plasmodium vivax Malaria
• Trypanosoma gambiense Sleeping sickness
Microbe Disease
Blood Parasites
• Trypanosoma cruzi Chaga’s disease
• Leishmania Leishmaniasis
• Plasmodium vivax Malaria
• Trypanosoma gambiense Sleeping sickness
Microbe Disease
Malaria
• Causative agent: Protozoan Plasmodium
• One of the most severe of all parasitic diseases
• Endemic is most tropical areas
• Plasmodium are amoeboid, intracellular protozoa that infect erythrocytes and other tissues
• Transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito
The “ring” stage of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Seen as dark, circular structures within red blood cells
Malaria in RBCs
Blood Parasites
• Trypanosoma cruzi Chaga’s disease
• Leishmania Leishmaniasis
• Plasmodium vivax Malaria
• Trypanosoma gambiense Sleeping sickness
Microbe Disease
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