Apparatus comprising: a microscope system configured to acquire one or more microscope images of a bodily sample, the bodily sample including a bodily sample selected from the group consisting of: a blood sample, a diluted blood sample, a sample comprising predominantly red blood cells, and a diluted sample comprising predominantly red blood cells; an output device; and at least one computer processor configured to: identify, in the one or more images, at least one element as being a pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one candidate-informative feature associated with the pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one sample-informative feature that is indicative of contextual information related to the bodily sample, classifying a likelihood of the bodily sample being infected with a pathogenic infection, by processing the candidate-informative feature in combination with the sample-informative feature, and generate an output upon the output device, in response thereto, the candidate-informative feature comprises a feature selected from the group consisting of: a size of the pathogen candidate, a shape of the pathogen candidate, a motion of the pathogen candidate, an intensity of the pathogen candidate, a location of the pathogen candidate within the bodily sample, a property of a cell overlapping the pathogen candidate, a color of the pathogen candidate, a texture of the pathogen candidate, and a sharpness of a boundary of the pathogen candidate; and characterized in that the sample-informative feature comprises a feature selected from the group consisting of: an indication of a presence of Howell Jolly bodies within the bodily sample, a concentration of platelets within the bodily sample, a relationship between a number of reticulocytes associated with candidates and a number of mature red blood cells associated with candidates, and/or a concentration of reticulocyte bodies within the bodily sample. a microscope system configured to acquire one or more microscope images of a bodily sample, the bodily sample including a bodily sample selected from the group consisting of: a blood sample, a diluted blood sample, a sample comprising predominantly red blood cells, and a diluted sample comprising predominantly red blood cells; an output device; and at least one computer processor configured to: identify, in the one or more images, at least one element as being a pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one candidate-informative feature associated with the pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one sample-informative feature that is indicative of contextual information related to the bodily sample, classifying a likelihood of the bodily sample being infected with a pathogenic infection, by processing the candidate-informative feature in combination with the sample-informative feature, and generate an output upon the output device, in response thereto, identify, in the one or more images, at least one element as being a pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one candidate-informative feature associated with the pathogen candidate, extract, from the one or more images, at least one sample-informative feature that is indicative of contextual information related to the bodily sample, classifying a likelihood of the bodily sample being infected with a pathogenic infection, by processing the candidate-informative feature in combination with the sample-informative feature, and generate an output upon the output device, in response thereto, the candidate-informative feature comprises a feature selected from the group consisting of: a size of the pathogen candidate, a shape of the pathogen candidate, a motion of the pathogen candidate, an intensity of the pathogen candidate, a location of the pathogen candidate within the bodily sample, a property of a cell overlapping the pathogen candidate, a color of the pathogen candidate, a texture of the pathogen candidate, and a sharpness of a boundary of the pathogen candidate; and characterized in that the sample-informative feature comprises a feature selected from the group consisting of: an indication of a presence of Howell Jolly bodies within the bodily sample, a concentration of platelets within the bodily sample, a relationship between a number of reticulocytes associated with candidates and a number of mature red blood cells associated with candidates, and/or a concentration of reticulocyte bodies within the bodily sample.