PLASMODIA IN THICK SMEAR
Ring Trophozoites
PLASMODIA IN THIN SMEAR
1. Plasmodium vivax:
-P. vivax amoeboid trophozoite
-P. vivax schizonts
-Plasmodium vivax gametocyte
2. Plasmodium falciparum:
-P. falciparum rings in Thin smear
-P. falciparum gametocytes
-P. falciparum gametocyte in mature red cell
-P. falciparum gametocyte in reticulocyte
3. Mixed infection:
-Plasmodium vivax & falciparum rings in one red cell
PLASMODIA IN BONE MARROW
-Plasmodium in bone marrow aspirate slide
