This thin film micrograph depicts a mature Plasmodium vivax schizont with 20 merozoites, using Giemsa stain; Mag. 1000X.
Plasmodium vivax schizonts are enlarged 1.5x to 2x, and may be distorted, containing fine, but large Schüffner's dots that may almost fill the host RBC. When mature, they contain 12 - 24 merozoites, are yellowish-brown with coalesced pigment.
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