This thin film photomicrograph depicts an immature Plasmodium malariae schizont using Giemsa stain; Magnified 1125X.
During a blood meal, a malaria-infected female Anopheles sp. mosquito introduces sporozoites into the human host. Sporozoites infect liver cells and mature into schizonts, which rupture and release merozoites.
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