Peripheral blood smear from a patient infected with Plasmodium falciparum showing a schizont

Peripheral blood smear from a patient infected with Plasmodium falciparum showing a schizont

Schizonts contain 8 to 28 merozoites. This is a rare finding on the peripheral blood smear, only found in severe cases of malaria.

Courtesy of Robert A Brodsky, MD.

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