The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
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