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PARASITOLOGY TODAY
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 427-433Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01755-5
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Interpretation of the new information arising from the Plasmodium falciparum Genome Project requires a good working knowledge of the ultrastructure of the parasite; however many aspects of the morphology of this species remain obscure. Lawrence Bannister, John Hopkins and colleagues here give art illustrated overview of the three-dimensional (3-D) organization of the merozoite, ring, trophozoite and schizont stages of the parasite, based on available data that include 3-D reconstruction from serial electron microscope sections. The review describes the chief organelles present in these stages, emphasizing the continuity of structure in addition to specialized, stage-specific features developed during the asexual erythrocytic cycle.
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