Tommy Rogers, a regular patient at a small internal medicine clinic, came in complaining of episodes of chills, fever, and sweats. Upon questioning, he revealed that he had returned from India 3 weeks previously. Tommy’s physician ordered blood smears to be prepared and stained so that she could examine them for malarial parasites. Adrian, the laboratory assistant, prepared thin and thick smears. Not finding Giemsa stain in the laboratory, he stained both smears using Wright’s stain. Before the physician even looked at the smears microscopically, after a glance at the stained smears, she immediately said that new smears needed to be made and stained.

What did the physician see by glancing at the stained smears that caused her to request that the new smears be prepared?

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