Page

The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

      Skip to Main Content

Course Introduction   |   Overview   |   Plasmodium falciparum   |   Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium ovale   |   Plasmodium malariae   |   Other infections   |   Tests

HOME

HELP

.

BACK

NEXT

EXIT COURSE

  Legend

Lesson 1 Overview of Species

Stippling in Plasmodium-infected Erythrocytes

Another change seen in infected red cells is called stippling. Stippling are very fine dots seen throughout the structure of the red blood cell.  

 

This image shows P. vivax and contains {Shüffners }

Shüffners dots. These dots are very fine specks in the infected red blood cell, they are not in the parasite.  

F

Fine Shüffners dots in P. vivax