Plasmodium spp. exoerythrocytic stage (liver stage). The field is
filled with hepatic cells and the two large dark blue cells are infected.
It is easier to locate these while scanning under low power and then changing
objectives, ultimately to oil rather than randomly searching under oil.
100x
Plasmodium spp. exoerythrocytic stage (liver stage). The individual
cells within this infected liver cell are cryptozoites. When sporozoites
are injected with the bite of the mosquito, they first travel to the liver and
multiply in this form before entering the bloodstream and infecting RBCs. 1000x