Plasmodium falciparum – Amoeboid Stage (Growing Trophozoite)

February 19, 2021
  • Irregular shaped cytoplasm – amoeboid in shape
  • Cytoplasm more denser and vacuole become smaller
  • 01 nucleus
  • Few coarse grains of pigment in cytoplasm (Maurer’s dots) may be visible

 P. falciparum trophozoites are rarely seen in peripheral blood smears

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