You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is Which of the following is carrying agent for the disease with given characteristic on polarized microscopy and explain in detail?
* Babesiosis infects the RBCs and resides inside the RBCs ( intraerythrocytic). * Intraerythrocytic infection of Babesiosis is characterised by maltese cross. * Maltese cross is a characteristic arrangement of parasites within the erythrocytes --->Parasites within erythrocytes are arranged such that pointed ends of four parasites come in contact thereby giving a tetrad configuration resembling a maltese cross. * Tetrad forms or &;Maltese cross&; appearance is considered pathognomic of Babesiosis. * Babesiosis can easily be confused with P. falciparum malaria.Following two features distinguish Babesiosis from malaria 1. Presence of maltese cross in Babesiosis ( absent in malaria) 2. Absence of pigment Hemozoin in Babesiosis ( present in malaria) REF : HARRISONS 21ST ED