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Fig. 6 | Malaria Journal

Fig. 6

From: Sexual forms obtained in a continuous in vitro cultured Colombian strain of Plasmodium falciparum (FCB2)

Fig. 6

Plasmodium falciparum FCB2 oocyst morphological characteristics. Female mosquito midguts infected with FCB2 gametocytes obtained from parasite culture at 0.3% parasitaemia were analysed by 0.5% mercurochrome staining. A FCB2 oocysts day 8 post-infection; B FCB2 oocysts day 9 post-infection; C FCB2 oocysts day 12 post-infection; D FCB2 oocyst day 15 post-infection. All oocysts are indicated by black arrows, visualized at 10X and 40X on a Primo Star Carl Zeiss microscope

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