TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle

Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

• Mosquito cycle - sporogany (jpg)
• Plasmodium falciparum cycle (jpg)
• Plasmodium vivax cycle (jpg)
• Plasmodium falciparum ring forms and gametocytes in blood (jpg)
• Plasmodium stages (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiP 10