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From: Epidemiology and pathology of avian malaria in penguins undergoing rehabilitation in Brazil

Figure 4

Histological findings associated with avian malaria in Magellanic penguins. (a) exoerythrocytic meronts in endothelial cells (arrowheads) within a liver arteriole (R0040, P. tejerai); (b) parasitized erythrocyte (arrowhead) within a cerebral blood vessel (CRAM2127, P. nucleophilum); (c) diffuse granulocytic interstitial pneumonia, congestion and edema (IF584, P. tejerai); (d) diffuse necrotizing splenitis with an exoerythrocytic meront within an endothelial cell of a central arteriole (arrowhead) (R0290, P. cathemerium); (e) multifocal perivascular mononuclear hepatitis, congestion and hemosiderosis (R0093, Plasmodium sp lineage E). Hematoxilin-Eosin. Scale bars = 15 μm.

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