<I>Plasmodium</I> Sporozoite (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

<I>Plasmodium</I> Sporozoite

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A Plasmodium sporozoite (infectious stage of the malaria parasite transmitted by mosquito bite) enters the first host cell in the human body, i.e., the liver cell.

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Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology / Brinkmann

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