Course Introduction | Overview | Plasmodium falciparum | Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale | Plasmodium malariae | Other infections | Tests
Here is an example of stippling with P. falciparum. You should be able to see the dots called Maurer's dots. They are not as numerous or as dense as the dots seen in P vivax and P. ovale. Remember in those species, the red cell is not only stippled, it is enlarged and distorted. The image on this page is not greatly distorted or enlarged.