Fig. 2

Cerebral malaria in a chicken (a) and a man (b) due to Plasmodium gallinaceum (a) and Plasmodium falciparum (b) infections, respectively. Note numerous developing and mature phanerozoites in endothelial cells of brain capillaries (a) and numerous infected red blood cells, which adhere to the endothelial cells of a brain capillary (b). In both malaria cases, the circulation interrupts due to blockage of the capillaries by the parasites, and the ischaemic brain changes occur, resulting in severe diseases and similar clinical symptoms, which mechanisms are different. Simple long arrows phanerozoites, simple short arrows wall of capillaries, triangle arrowheads red blood cells. Scale bars 10 μm