Yes, you found the gametocyte. It is in the upper center

Here is another image of a gametocyte from P. Vivax. It shows a blood preparation from a pregnant woman who visited India six months prior to the taking of the blood sample. Note the Schüffner's dots


(Specimen contributed by New Jersey SHD)
Plasmodium vivax: Gametocytes
Fig. 28 and 29: Nearly mature and mature macrogametocyte (female); Fig. 30: Microgametocyte (male)
CDC Illustrations from: Coatney GR, Collins WE, Warren M, Contacos PG. The Primate Malarias. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, 1971

 

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  • P. vivax
     

    Is endemic in South America

    Causes the most drug-resistance form of malaria

    Changes its antigenic properties

    Causes malignant tertian malaria

    Causes quartan malaria
 

 

 

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