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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film

Here, you have two different morphologies. The parasite at the top appears as a band, a form commonly associated with P. malariae, but it can be seen with P. falciparum. The object at the bottom is an RBC infected with four trophozoites.

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film

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