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Malaria – Plasmodium Vivax

 

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D., PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Revised: 21 September 2012, last major update June 2009

 

Micro images

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Contributed by Dr. M. E. de Baca, South Dakota: 16-year-old Caucasian girl, infected despite prophylaxis on vacation in Belize

 

           

Immature trophozoite (ring) forms

 

 

           

Immature trophozoite (ring) forms

 

 

           

Gametocyte forms

 

 

           

Gametocyte forms

 

 

           

Gametocyte forms

 

 

     

Gametocyte forms

 

 

           

Schizont forms

 

 

     

Schizont forms

 

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