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What is malaria pigment?
A solid and angular late trophozoite form of P.malariae. Note the golden pigment in separate clumps of granules distributed over the parasite surface (arrowed).
Pigment may vary in colour and may be clumped or scattered as individual small masses depending on species; in some instances this can help (most obviously in the central clump seen in the "daisy head" schizonts of P.malariae). Generally however, the form of the pigment is less useful than other features in determining species.
Pigment in different stages of parasite development:
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