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The Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria
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Lesson 3 ─ 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
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