MALARIA PARASITES 



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Fig. 42. — Plasmodium falciparum, the pernicious malaria parasite. — From Muir 



and Ritchie. 



A Two small ring-shaped trophozoites within the corpuscles ; B, a ' crescent ' or gamont, showing the 

 ' envelope of the red corpuscle. Figs. C-F illustrate the changes in form undergone by the gamonts 

 outside the body ; Fig. F shows a male gamont that has -mdergone ' e.xtlagellation, or the formation 

 of microgametes, which are seen attached to it. { x 1000.) 



