PtK1 cell with antibody staining for microtubules (green) and DNA (blue)

Courtesy of Alexey Khodajakov Ph. D. Wadsworth Labs Albany, N.Y.

This image shows the gut of an Anopheles gambiae mosquito infected with Plasmodium galinaceum, an avian malaria parasite. Cell nuclei are stained blue (Hoechst 33258), the parasite body is stained red (monoclonal antibody PGS28 + rhodamine red-x), and actin is stained green.

Produced by Dr. James A Dvorak and Dr. Soon Park
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-0425