16 June 2025 (Monday) - NEQAS 2502 PA

The results of NEQAS 2502 PA became available today. It gas to be said that I wasn’t overly confident on that survey.
 
2502 PA1 was a thick film. I said “Parasites present”. There were – P. Knowlesi. The expert opinion said  “It is optimistic to hope to distinguish between different species of Plasmodium on a thick film unless you are working in a high prevalence area or have extensive experience”.
 
For 2502 PA2 I said “ring forms” and there was. The expert opinion said “This is an example of babesiosis, most likely due to Babesia microti. It was a difficult film to interpret. B. microti is mainly seen as small rings, so it is easily confused with Plasmodium sp”.
 
In both cases I spotted parasites present. Obscure ones that I rarely, if ever (never), see in practice. But I spotted them. Had this happened in reality the case would be referred to a specialist lab.
I’m taking this as a success

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