The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes, Thick Film
Thick film
Plasmodium
falciparum
gametocytes
This is an image of two
gametocytes with eroded
cytoplasm.
Gametocyte cytoplasm
and other parasitic
stages have been rinsed
away. Examine the
smear for ghosts of
parasites with a central
pigment mass.