The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film
Here are two different
morphologies.
The parasite at the top
appears as a band, a
form commonly
associated with P.
malariae, but it can be
seen with P. falciparum.
The object at the bottom
is an RBC infected with
four trophozoites.
Plasmodium vivax
trophozoites, thin
blood film