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Plasmodium vivax in Blood Smear: Morphology of Developmental Stages

A clinical case of tertian malaria: identification of Plasmodium vivax stages (schizonts, trophozoites, gametocytes) by peripheral blood smear microscopy.

Anna Ivanova Anna Ivanova 1 min
Blood smear: mature Plasmodium vivax schizont with differentiated merozoites
Blood smear: mature Plasmodium vivax schizont with differentiated merozoites
Blood smear: Plasmodium vivax schizont and developing trophozoite in red blood cells
Blood smear: Plasmodium vivax schizont and developing trophozoite in red blood cells
Blood smear: amoeboid Plasmodium vivax trophozoite with hemozoin inclusions
Blood smear: amoeboid Plasmodium vivax trophozoite with hemozoin inclusions
Blood smear: mature Plasmodium vivax macrogametocyte with malaria pigment
Blood smear: mature Plasmodium vivax macrogametocyte with malaria pigment
Digital analyzer screen: general view of a blood smear with schizogony stages
Digital analyzer screen: general view of a blood smear with schizogony stages
Digital station screen: cluster of red blood cells with Plasmodium vivax parasites
Digital station screen: cluster of red blood cells with Plasmodium vivax parasites
Digital blood smear: ring-form and amoeboid trophozoites in red blood cells
Digital blood smear: ring-form and amoeboid trophozoites in red blood cells

🔬 A 30-year-old man returned to Moscow from India. Plasmodium vivax malarial parasite in a blood smear. Schizonts, gametocytes, trophozoites, ring forms.

👉 Photos kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician, Anna Ivanova Moscow

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