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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Gametocytes, Thick Film

 

1. Immature gametocytes are difficult to distinguish from mature trophozoites.

    

2. Mature forms are round and large with a single well-defined nucleus.

 

3. Pigment is scattered.

 

4. Eroded forms may have only chromatin and pigment.

Summary of Characteristics