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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film

The parasites are large and amoeboid and the host cells are distorted, enlarged and stippled. These characteristics are diagnostic for P. vivax.

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film

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