Talk:Hypnozoite

Merger
With reference to the two "talk" items below (22 May and 31 October 2006), "hypnozoite" appears in both "Malaria" and "Plasmodium" (perhaps merging took place). However, considering the ubiquity of the word "hypnozoite" in malariology, a clear definition here for this mysterious parasite stage, written by the person who coined the term in 1978, seems appropriate. To quote: "Hypnozoites are dormant forms in the life cycles of certain parasitic protozoa that belong to the Phylum Apicomplexa (Sporozoa) and are best known for their probable association with latency and relapse in human malarial infections caused by Plasmodium ovale and P. vivax". The evolutionary history of the main final events in the development of the malarial hypnozoite concept is unambiguously given in Table 1 on the second page of a 2018 publication. This history is itself obscure and might not have appeared previously anywhere else in the literature.

OLD "TALK" COMMENTS RE THIS WIKIPEDIA PAGE:

It has been suggested that this article be merged with first malaria and then with Plasmodium. My analysis is that the information should go, in part, to both, with a redirect from here to Plasmodium. If I see no objections, I will just do it next week. Bejnar 06:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

According to the CDC page, the form released by the Anopheles mosquito is the sporozoite, not the hypnozoite. The hypnozoite is a dormant form in the liver (P. vivax/ovale only?)Hnc 02:12, 31 October 2006 (UTC)