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Description: A photomicrograph of a Plasmodium malariae trophozoite in ring stage using Wright's stain. (x1500)
P. malariae, a quartan malaria, produces febrile paroxysms on a 72 hour cycle. Relapses can sometimes occur half a century after being infected.