Confocal laser scanning microscopy observations of normal human RBCs (panel a) and erythrocytes infected by P. falciparum at different developmental stages: trophozoite (panel a), schizont (panel b), and gametocyte (panel c), stained with the a-EXP1 serum (green), which decorates the PVM, and the a-dematin md52k serum (red). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Displayed micrographs correspond to a single stack encompassing the center of the nucleus. T, transmission light acquisition. Scale bars, 1 mm. Dematin is an actin-binding protein of the erythrocyte membrane skeleton

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