HEMATOLOGY: NONMALIGNANT DISORDERS

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"Strength does not come from winning. Your
struggles develop your strength. When you go
through hardship and decide not to surrender,
that is strength."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bodybuilder and Actor
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HEMATOLOGYBlood Parasites

• Dr. Venkatesh M. Shashidhar
• Senior Lecturer in Pathology
• Fiji School of Medicine

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Parasites

• Malaria - Protozoa
• Filariasis - Helminth (elephantiasis)
• Leishmania - Protozoa (Kala-azar)
• Trypanosoma - protozoa (sleeping sickness)

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Plasmodium falciparum
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Plasmodium falciparum
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Leishmaniasis - LD Bodies
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Malaria - P. falciparum
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Trypanosomiasis
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W.bancrofti (Elephentiasis)