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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film

Again, this is P. vivax. One characteristic of P. vivax is that the young trophozoites (all trophozoites) are amoeboid. They do not retain the ring shape   frequently seen with P. falciparum.

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film

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