What are Schuffner's dots? What is their significance?
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Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, exclusively found in Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium vivax. ... They are named for Wilhelm Schüffner, who described them in 1904.
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Schuffner’s dots are a hematological finding associated with malaria which mainly occurs in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale. For example, in Plasmodium vivax, the morphologic changes in the infected host RBC are visible when observed through light microscopy. These morphological alterations are referred as Schuffner's dots and they have importance in identifying the species of the malarial parasite under experiment.
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