Diagnosis of Malaria

1. i)                    Presence of malarial parasite can be diagnosed after examination of blood . The ideal time for collection of blood is at the stage when temperature has started falling after reaching the peak .
2. ii)                  Cultural examination is done only when there is a difficulty in differentiating the ring form of P.vivax and P.falciparum .
3. iii)                Serological test like specific complement fixation test and precipitin test by using special antigen of P.knowlesi .
4. iv)                Blood count .