Thursday, March 10, 2011

Banana-shaped gametocyte



Plasmodium falciparum is a one-celled organism that causes a severe form of malaria. Distinction of Plasmodium falciparum from other malaria causing Plasmodia can be made by seeing, under the microscope, its gametocyte (sexual form) that is characteristically shaped like a banana – banana-shaped gametocyte.
Reference:

Talman A, Domarle O, McKenzie FE, Ariey F, Robert V: Gametocytogenesis : the puberty of Plasmodium falciparum. Malar J 2004, 3:24. Go to reference


Banana-shaped gametocyte

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