1. Source: Color Atlas of Medicine and Parasitology. 1977
Wuchereria bancrofti
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT
MALE
40 x 0,1 mm, yellowish white, cylinder, slender,
Caudal part bends to ventral portion
Source: Color Atlas of Medicine and Parasitology. 1977
W. Peters & H.M. Gillers

2. Wuchereria bancrofti MORPHOLOGY
ADULT
Sumber : Color Atlas of Medicine and Parasitology W. Peters & H.M. Gillers
FEMALE
(80-100) x (0,24-0,30) mm, soft, blunt nail, slight rounded head.

3. MORPHOLOGY OF MICROFILARIAE
Cephalic space
Sheath
Slender
tail
Nuclei
Source : Medical Parasitology in Plates. G. Piekarski

4. Microfilaria Brugia malayi Microfilaria Wuchereria bancrofti
Microfilaria Brugia timori

5. Wucheria bancrofti MORPHOLOGY MICROFILARIAE
Source : Color Atlas of Medicine and Parasitology. 1977
W. Peters & H.M. Gillers. Pewarnaan giemsa
Source : Atlas of Medical Parasitology.
Prayong Radomyos, dkk. Pewarnaan hematoxylin
Cephalic space
(L:W=1:1)
Tail
(No nuclei)

6. Brugia malayi MORPHOLOGY MICROFILARIAE Cephalic space (L:W=2:1)
Bloated tail
(nucleus in it)
B. malayi
W. bancrofti

7. (dr. Djaenudin Natadisastra, SpParK)
Brugia timori
MORPHOLOGY
MICROFILARIAE
Source : Atlas of Medical Parasitology. Prayong Radomyos, dkk.
Looking like microfilariae B. malayi
Size 
Sheathed not clear at coloration of Giemsa
(dr. Djaenudin Natadisastra, SpParK)

8. Brugia timori MORPHOLOGY MICROFILARIAE
Stiff body broken, tip of tail rather blunt
“Nuclei” in the body, spread in the irregular groups, presence of (5-8) nuclei in the tail
Smaller nuclei at the distal than in B. malayi
Cephalic space: 3 : 1
Source : Atlas of Medical Parasitology. Prayong Radomyos, dkk.

9. Plasmodium sp. GENERAL MORPHOLOGY IN ERYTHOCYTIC CYCLES
FOUND TWO MAIN STAGE :
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Ring form
Old/Matured trophozoite
SCHIZONT STAGE
Young schizont
Old/Matured schizont

10. Plasmodium sp. MORPHOLOGY TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Ring Form with reddish Nucleus and bluish Protoplasm
Chromatin dots
Nucleus
Protoplasm
ERYTHROCYTE

11. Nucleus and Protoplasm grow bigger
Plasmodium sp.
MORPHOLOGY
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Nucleus and Protoplasm grow bigger
ERYTHROCYTE
Nucleus
Protoplasm

12. Plasmodium sp. MORPHOLOGY Nucleus starts fission process
SCHIZONT STAGE
Nucleus starts fission process
Protoplasm remains in size
ERYTHROCYTE
Nucleus
Protoplasm

13. Plasmodium sp. MORPHOLOGY SCHIZONT STAGE Complete Merozoites
Note the Regularity, Pigment
ERYTHROCYTE
Merozoite

14. Erythrocyte enlarged, pale
PLASMODIUM VIVAX
Ring Form
Erythrocyte enlarged, pale
Schuffner dots
ERYTHROCYTE
ERYHTROCYTE
TROPHOZOITE STAGE

15. PLASMODIUM VIVAX Protoplasm grows (Amoeboid form) with vacuole
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Protoplasm grows (Amoeboid form) with vacuole
ERYTHROCYTE
Amoeboid Form
Vacuole

16. PLASMODIUM VIVAX Fission of Nucleus Vacuole disappear SCHIZONT STAGE
ERYTHROCYTE

17. PLASMODIUM VIVAX
SCHIZONT STAGE
Merozoite (12-14)
Pigment
MEROZOITe

18. PLASMODIUM VIVAX Round/Oval Round/Oval
GAMOTOCYTE STAGE: Macro and Microgametocyte
Round/Oval
Small nucleus , compact, eccentric
Bluish protoplasm
NUCLEUS
Round/Oval
Big nucleus, pale
Red-blue protoplasm
Pigment
NUCLEUS

19. PLASMODIUM OVALE TROPHOZOITE STAGE Ring Form (thick) Erythrocyte
Chromatin dots

20. PLASMODIUM OVALE Round, compact trophozoite Erythrocyte deformed
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Round, compact trophozoite
Erythrocyte deformed
Schuffner/James’ Dots

21. Plasmodium malariae TROPHOZOITE STAGE Resemble P. vivax
Normal erythrocyte

22. Plasmodium malariae Band form Trophozoite TROPHOZOITE STAGE

23. Plasmodium malariae SCHIZONT STAGE Rossete-like Merozoit (6-12)
MEROZOITE
Pigment

24. Plasmodium malariae Round/Oval Large nucleus, pale Reddish protoplasm
GAMETOCYTE STAGE: Macro and Microgametocyte
Round/Oval
Small nucleus, compact
Bluish protoplasm
Round/Oval
Large nucleus, pale
Reddish protoplasm

25. Plasmodium falciparum
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Fine ring
Multiple infection

26. Plasmodium falciparum
TROPHOZOITE STAGE
Vacuole surrounded by plasma
Maurer’s dots
Vacuole

27. Plasmodium falciparum
SCHIZONT STAGE
Schizont occupy 2/3 erythrocyte
8-24 Merozoite

28. Plasmodium falciparum
GAMETOCYTE STAGE: Macro and Microgametocyte
Sausage shape
Large nucleus, pale, more eccentric position
Pigment dispersed
Reddish protoplasm
Banana/crescent shape
Small nucleus, compact, in the middle
Pigment around nucleus
Bluish protoplasm

29. Plasmodium falciparum
THICK BLOOD PREPARATION
Plasmodium falciparum
PLASMODIUM VIVAX
Uniform
No red zone around parasite
Smaller than lymphocyte nucleus
Plasmodium malariae
Not uniform
No red zone around parasite
Smaller than lymphocyte nucleus
Not uniform
Red zone around parasite
Bigger than lymphocyte nucleus