Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum
the species that causes falciparum malaria; it is characterized by thin “signet-ring” forms of trophozoites and the “crescent” form of the gametes.

(A), Plasmodium falciparum female gametocyte; (B), P. vivax male gametocytes exflagellating to form microgametes.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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