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Developmental stages of Plasmodium vivax

Author: Sumitha Baskaran, 10/18/2025
Category: Infectious Disease > Parasites > Malaria > P. vivax
Published Date: 10/23/2025

Peripheral blood smear (Lieshman stain; original magnification ×1000) illustrating the intraerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium vivax:

  1. Ring form (early trophozoite)
  2. Trophozoite (amoeboid form)
  3. Schizont containing merozoites
  4. Gametocyte (macrogametocyte shown).

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