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Lesson 5 Plasmodium malariae Trophozoites, Thin Film

The top left image shows a mature trophozoite with a circular eccentric vacuole that gives it the appearance of a basket. These basket trophozoites are seen more frequently than band trophozoites in P. malariae blood films.

Plasmodium malariae trophozoites, thin blood film

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