Lesson 2 ─Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes, Thick Film
The next section is Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes on thick-film smears.
These are the easiest stages to recognize in all the malarias, and the thick films
are more sensitive and are very characteristic and diagnostic for P. falciparum.
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