Stages of Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum

Stages of Plasmodium falciparum as drawn from microscopic observation of thin blood smears (1971).

• Fig. 1: Normal red cell
• Figs. 2-18: Trophozoites (among these, Figs. 2-10 correspond to ring-stag trophozoites)
• Figs. 19-26: Schizonts (Fig. 26 is a ruptured schizont)
• Figs.27, 28: Mature macrogametocytes (female)
• Figs. 29, 30: Mature microgametocytes (male)

Illustrations from: Coatney GR, Collins WE, Warren M, Contacos PG. The Primate Malarias. Bethesda: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; 1971.