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Image: Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst in mouse brain

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Description: Microscopic cysts containing Toxoplasma gondii develop in the tissues of many vertebrates. Here, in mouse brain tissue, thousands of resting parasites (stained red) are enveloped by a thin parasite cyst wall. Image Number D1210-1
Title: Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst in mouse brain
Credit: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/sep08/d1210-1.htm
Author: Jitinder P. Dubey
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