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==Diagnosis==
 
==Diagnosis==
The organism can be intermittently seen microscopically on the surface of red blood cells on Giemsa-stained blood smears. The organism stains blue and look like rings or rods.  
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The organism can be intermittently seen microscopically on the surface of red blood cells on Giemsa-stained blood smears. The organism stains blue and can look like rings or rods.  
    
Erythrophagocytosis may be evident and parasitised erythrocytes will become spherical.
 
Erythrophagocytosis may be evident and parasitised erythrocytes will become spherical.
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