Case 206. Reference case 206A

　 　 　 　
　 Thick smear preparation from a Kenyan child with falciparum malaria. This method is suitable for malaria screening in the field work. 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 Morphologic preservation is poor, and red cells hemolysed. A few ring forms and a gametocyte are observed. The post-meiotic gamatocytes of both sexes unite to oocysts ("gametogony") in the gut wall of the mosquito Anopheles.