The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thick Film
Notice how much larger
the trophozoites of P.
vivax are in the thin film
than of P. falciparum.
P. falciparum appears
mostly as dots with
filaments or remnants of
rings of cytoplasm.
Plasmodium vivax
trophozoites, thick
blood film