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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
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Course Introduction | Overview | Plasmodium falciparum | Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale | Plasmodium malariae | Other infections | Tests
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Lesson 3 ─ Plasmodium vivax Gametocytes, Thin Film
1. Immature forms are similar to mature trophozoites.
2. Mature gametocytes are large and rounded with a fine, abundant, scattered mass of pigment and not vacuolated.
3. Microgametocytes have light-blue cytoplasm with diffuse pink chromatin.
4. Macrogametocytes have darker blue cytoplasm and compact eccentric mass of dark-red chromatin.
Summary of Characteristics