Observations on the internal and surface morphology of malaria infected blood cells using optical and atomic force microscope

We describe a simple and fast method to probe the morphological changes on the exterior and interior of a malaria infected erythrocyte at different stages of parasite development. This involves the imaging and scanning of Giemsa stained malaria infected erythrocytes using optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy, respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.