Figure 2: Stages in the life cycle fof Plasmodium falciparum in peripheral blood: (top) ring stage and mature trophozoites (asexual stage); and (bottom) mature gametocyte (sexual stage; diagnostic of falciparum malaria). Original magnification X400 (top), X1000 (bottom). (Micrographs courtesy of Dr Christine Paton, Alfred Healthcare Group, Melbourne, Vic.)

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