The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes, Thin Film
Group of platelets
resembling
gametocytes
This is not a gametocyte.
It is a group of platelets
with no RBC envelope.
There is no central
pigment or red chromatin.
The outline is fuzzy, but it
can be mistaken for a
gametocyte because of
its crescentic shape.