The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film
The parasite at the upper
left has a circular
eccentric vacuole that
gives the trophozoite the
appearance of a basket.
This resembles the
“basket-form”
trophozoites frequently
seen with P. malariae.
Plasmodium vivax
trophozoites, thin
blood film