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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film

Here again is a mature trophozoite. This one, however, has a vacuole associated with the nucleus, so it is considered a trophozoite rather than a gametocyte.

 

A mature trophozoite might be difficult to distinguish from a gametocyte, but the gametocyte is usually rounded and not as enlarged or vacuolated.

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film

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