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Sporozoans are parasites that complete part of their life cycle inside of cells of a host organism. During much of their life cycle they are unable to move by themselves. On the right is Pneumocystis carinii. It often causes pneumonia in AIDS patients. |
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Plasmodium vivax, a sporozoan that causes malaria is on the left. The round cells are red blood cells. The dark blue material inside the red blood cells is Plasmodium vivax. | |||||
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