Malaria Oocyst (IMAGE)

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Malaria Oocyst

Caption

Oocyst -- non-infectious stage of malaria -- of Plasmodium yoelii (rodent malaria) attach to the wall of a mosquito midgut.

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Krijn Paaijmans, Universitat de Barcelona

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