Plasmodium species (continued)
MATURE SCHIZONT
P. vivax
SIZE OF MEROZOITES: Medium.
NUMBER OF MEROZOITES: 12 to 24 mcm in random order.
SHAPE: Attempts to fill the RBC.
HEMOZOIN PIGMENT: Gold; central cluster of rods.
INFECTED ERYTHROCYTE: Enlarged; pale; Schuffner's granules.
P. ovale
SIZE OF MEROZOITES: Medium-large.
NUMBER OF MEROZOITES: 4 to 16 mcm in random order.
SHAPE: Fills one-half of the RBC.
HEMOZOIN PIGMENT: Gold; central cluster.
INFECTED ERYTHROCYTE: Enlarged; pale; Schuffner's granules.
P. malariae
SIZE OF MEROZOITES: Medium-large.
NUMBER OF MEROZOITES: 6 to 12 mcm, usually in rosette arrangement.
SHAPE: Fills the RBC.
HEMOZOIN PIGMENT: Dark green;central cluster of granules.
INFECTED ERYTHROCYTE: Normal.
Figure 2-22. Mature schizonts, Plasmodium. (continued)
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