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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Schizonts, Thin Film

Here is an early schizont. You know it is a schizont because the nucleus has begun to divide, and you you can see two masses of chromatin. Chromatin is the red nuclear material after the first nuclear division.  

Plasmodium vivax schizonts, thin blood film

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