Wax Malaria (image)

Duke University

Caption

These are four cells as seen under a microscope in different stages of infection from a malarial parasite. The first image is uninfected, but as the parasite matures in the images from left to right, the cell deforms.

Credit

Adam Wax, Duke University

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