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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 1 Overview of Species

Stippling in Plasmodium-infected Erythrocytes

Shown here are Maurers dots in P falciparum. These dots are more conspicuous than in P malariae. The dots represent transport channels between the parasite and host cell membrane.

 

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Maurer's dots in P. falciparum