Fig. 1
From: Fatal infection with emerging apicomplexan parasite Hepatozoon silvestris in a domestic cat
Photomicrographs of the myocardium of the domestic cat infected with H. silvestris. a HE stained section of the myocardium severely infiltrated by lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages, with associated myofiber degeneration and necrosis. Note the presence of an intralesional mature meront (arrow). b Higher magnification of a mature meront filled with numerous merozoites. c Developing wheel-spoke shaped meront with micromerozoites arranged in a circle along the wall. d Developing meront with elongated circularly aligned macromerozoites. Scale-bars: a, 100 μm; b-d, 20 μm