Plasmodium ovale – Evolutive schizont on thin blood smear (MGG stain X1000)

France, Bonnin Alain

Evolutive schizont of P. ovale is contained within an oval, slightly enlarged, normochromic RBC. The parasite looks like a multinucleated body, and numerous pigment granules are peripheral Detection of Schüffner’s dot require a staining at neutral pH.