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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 4 Plasmodium ovale Gametocytes, Thin Film

 

1. Erythrocytes infected with P. ovale are smaller than those infected with P. vivax and are stippled.

 

2. P. ovale gametocytes are similar to gametocytes in P. malariae and have prominent chromatin.

 

3. P. ovale with mature macrogametocytes fill the host cell, and the microgametocyte is smaller with coarse, scattered pigment.

Summary of Characteristics