Plasmodium falciparum malaria: placenta

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<I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> malaria: placenta. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Histopathology of the placenta This image is a high power view of chorionic villi and maternal sinuses from the placenta of a woman with falciparum malaria. It shows no parasites in the fetal red blood cells but in the surrounding maternal sinuses nearly all the red blood cells are parasitized and contain haemozoin. H&E stain.

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