The rosette is a formation characteristic of
schizont
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism is ...
s in infection by the reptile parasites ''
Plasmodium tropiduri'' and ''
P. holaspi'' or by the fish parasite ''
Babesiosoma''.
It is also seen in the case of human parasite ''
Plasmodium malariae
''Plasmodium malariae'' is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of ''Plasmodium'' parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including ''Plasmodium falciparum'' and ''Plasmodium vivax'' ...
''.
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Symptoms and signs
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