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Color Atlas of Malaria

The document describes images from thick blood smears showing the blood stage parasites of four Plasmodium species that cause malaria in humans: P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. vivax. For each species, numbered images show the different life cycle stages of the parasites, including trophozoites, schizonts, and gametocytes, as well as blood cells. The images are from a 1960 manual and aim to aid in the microscopical diagnosis of malaria.

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Color Atlas of Malaria

The document describes images from thick blood smears showing the blood stage parasites of four Plasmodium species that cause malaria in humans: P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. vivax. For each species, numbered images show the different life cycle stages of the parasites, including trophozoites, schizonts, and gametocytes, as well as blood cells. The images are from a 1960 manual and aim to aid in the microscopical diagnosis of malaria.

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Plasmodium falciparum Blood Stage Parasites, Thick Blood Smears

3. 1: Small trophozoites. 2: Gametocytes normal. 3: Slightly distorted gametocyte. 4: Rounded-up gametocyte. 5: Disintegrated gametocyte. 6: Nucleus of leucocyte. 7: Blood platelets. 8: Cellular remains of young erythrocyte.

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4. 1. 2. 8. 1. 6. 5. 1. 6.

Illustration from: Wilcox A. Manual for the Microscopical Diagnosis of Malaria in Man. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,Washington, 1960.

Plasmodium malariae Blood Stage Parasites, Thick Blood Smears


10. 1: Small trophozoites. 2: Growing trophozoites. 3: Mature trophozoites. 4, 5, 6: Immature schizonts with varying numbers of divisions of the chromatin. 7: Mature schizonts. 8: Nucleus of leucocyte. 9: Blood platelets. 10: Cellular remains of young erythrocytes. 10. 5. 6.

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Illustration from: Wilcox A. Manual for the Microscopical Diagnosis of Malaria in Man. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,Washington, 1960.

Plasmodium ovale Blood Stage Parasites, Thick Blood Smears


7. 1: Small trophozoites. 2: Growing trophozoites. 3: Mature trophozoites. 4: Schizonts. 5: Gametocytes. 6: Nucleus of leucocyte. 7: Blood platelets.

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Plasmodium vivax Blood Stage Parasites, Thick Blood Smears


8. 1: Ameboid trophozoites. 2: Schizont 2 divisions of chromatin. 3: Mature schizont. 4: Microgametocyte. 5: Blood Platelets. 6: Nucleus of neutrophil. 7: Eosinophil. 8: Blood platelet associated with cellular remains of young erythrocytes.

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Illustration from: Wilcox A. Manual for the Microscopical Diagnosis of Malaria in Man. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,Washington, 1960.

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