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1. P. falciparum causes malaria infections where the red blood cells maintain their normal size. Typically only rings and gametocytes are seen on blood smears unless the blood was able to sit before preparation. 2. Rings have delicate cytoplasm with one or two small chromatin dots. Multiple infection of red blood cells is more common than in other Plasmodium species. Gametocytes are crescent or sausage shaped with either a single chromatin mass or diffuse chromatin. 3. Trophozoites are rarely seen but ca

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kim hanbinhanbyul

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