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Lesson 4 ─ Plasmodium ovale Gametocytes, Thick Film
These are rounded, compact, non-vacuolated gametocytes.
It is difficult to distinguish microgametocytes from macrogametocytes in the thick film.
Plasmodium ovale gametocytes, thick blood film
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