This blood smear photomicrograph reveals a growing Plasmodium ovale trophozoite within a fimbriated oval RBC.
P. ovale trophozoites have a sturdy cytoplasm, large chromatin dots, and can be compact to slightly amoeboid in shape. Red blood cells are normal sized to slightly enlarged, by 25%, may be round to oval, and are sometimes fimbriated.
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