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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
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Lesson 3 ─ Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film
There are three trophozoites of P. vivax that are "band-like." Note that the infected RBCs are enlarged and distorted, characteristic of P. vivax.
Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film
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