Artefacts from Blood Smears
Abstract
Abstract
Organisms recorded in this account as contaminants of blood smears include flagellates of the genera Monocercomonoides and Chilomastix, bacteria resembling Eperythrozoon, and a vegetable cell resembling a Sarcocystis spore. Attention is drawn to errors which could result from describing material found in blood smears prepared by field assistants, without full knowledge of the manner and circumstances of collection.