A photomicrograph of a blood smear containing a macrogametocyte of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
A macrogametocyte is a product of the erythrocytic life cycle. Both the male and female gametocytes can be ingested by an Anopheles sp. mosquito, whereupon, exflagellation of microgametocytes occurs, and the macrogametocytes are fertilized.
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