Male (green) and female (red) genetically modified parasites [Chris Janse]
Female Anopheles stephensi probing [Sinclair Stammers]
Mossie larvae
P berghei parasites close to maturation [Sinclair Stammers]
A live male parasite (top) producing a gamete [Sinclair Stammers]
Live red cells (smooth), and free parasites (textured) near the remains of their red cells (bubbles and blobs) [Sinclair Stammers]
Female Anopheles stephensi feeding [Sinclair Stammers]
Live red blood cells with parasites (dimples) inside [Sinclair Stammers]
Mature (gre) and immature (blue) mammalian red blood cells
Female mosquitoes become infected with malaria when they feed on an infected host [Sinclair Stammers]
A Western fence lizard, the host species for P. mexicanum
Ookinete stages are the malaria equivalent of offspring
Fertilised (banana shaped) and unfertilised (round) parasites, gentetically modified to express green fluorescent protein [Sinclair Stammers]
Young P. berghei asexual parasites inside red blood cells [Sinclair Stammers]
A P. mexicanum (lizard malaria) male parasite producing gametes. Red cells of birds and reptiles have nuclei
A female (blue) P. mexicanum (lizard malaria) parasite in a red blood cell. Red cells of birds and reptiles have nuclei
Female Anopheles stephensi [Sinclair Stammers]
Live uninfected red cells (smooth) and with parasites (textured) inside (Sinclair Stammers)
Representations of P. yoelii sexual stages
Female (blue) and male (white) P. mexicanum (lizard malaria) parasite in a red blood cell. Red cells of birds and reptiles have nuclei
P. chabaudi asexual parasites inside red blood cells
P. berghei asexual and sexual (filling whole cell) inside red blood cells [Sinclair Stammers]
A mature (schizont) P. berghei parasite that has burst to release a next generation (merozoites)
A male P. chabaudi parasite in the circulation
P. chabaudi asexual parasites inside red blood cells [Sinclair Stammers]
