Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Differentiation ofPlasmodiumcontinued Clinical Microbiology Review 263

P. FALCIPARUM P. MALARIAE P. OVALE P. VIVAX

Shape of
gametocytes

Sausage- or crescent- Round

shaped

Ovoid Round

(From Leventhal R,

Cheadle RF. Medical

Parasitology: A Self-

Instructional Text,

5th ed. Philadelphia:

FA Davis; 2002:118.)

(From Leventhal R,

Cheadle RF. Medical

Parasitology: A Self-

Instructional Text, 5th ed.

Philadelphia: FA Davis;

2002:118.)

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