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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria

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Lesson 3 Plasmodium vivax Trophozoites, Thin Film

This appearance of a trophozoite stretched across as a band in an infected RBC has been seen with P. falciparum and is usually associated with P. malariae.

 

Note that the RBC is slightly enlarged and distorted. Remember that a correct diagnosis should be based on observation of more than one parasite in a smear.

Plasmodium vivax trophozoites, thin blood film

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