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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 1

From: A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites

Fig. 1

Plasmodium zonuriae Pienaar 1962 Telford 1987 in the lizard Cordylus vittifer (Reichenow, 1887) (Sauria: Cordylidae). a Trophozoite with pseudopodia (arrow). b Maturing elongated trophozoite. c Early meront. d Meront producing 18 merozoites (arrow). e Mature meront (arrow) releasing merozoites (arrowhead). f Mature meront differentiating into microgametocyte with fine malarial pigment (arrow). g Macrogametocyte with evenly distributed pigment at its periphery. h Macrogametocyte with peripherally arranged dark chromatin strands. Images (a-h) captured from the voucher slides (NMB P NMB P 414 and NMB P 415). Scale-bar: 10 μm

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