Overview of malaria biology
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| Overview of malaria lifecycle |
The lifecycle of malaria is shown below (click on the image for a full screen version). This is a simple summary, but in fact each of the stages sown on the screen have some clinical and often morphological relevance. These are detailed in the short section descriptions.
Infection of the mosquito
