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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 4 Plasmodium ovale Schizonts, Thin Film

Here are a schizont and a trophozoite.

 

The rosette-shaped schizont might be mistaken for P. malariae; mature schizonts have 4 -12 merozoites.

Plasmodium ovale schizonts, thin blood film

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