The Life cycle of the malaria parasite

Explains how the female mosquito bite a human being and infects them with the malaria parasite. Shows how it lodges in the liver and develops. Explains the two types of ‘tertian’ and ‘qurtan’ fevers. Very technical terms are used to explain the redevelopment of the parasites within the mosquito and the many forms of the parasite Presents in animation exoerythrocytic and erythrocytic schizogony and gametogony in man, and sporogony in the Anopheles mosquito; pictures the differential characteristic of plasmodia in thin and thick blood films.

More in Microbiology Teaching Series

  1. Phagocytosis 1960
  2. Effect Of Poliomyelitis Virus On Human Epithelioid Cells 1961
  3. Pharmacological Testing Of New Antibiotic Agents 1961
  4. Production Of Poliomyelitis Vaccine 1961
  5. Rabies In A Human Patient 1961
  6. The Development Of Bacteriophage Plaques 1961
  7. The Life cycle of the malaria parasite 1961
  8. The Spread Of Typhus 1961
  9. Rumen Ciliate Protozoa 1966

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record