Structure looking like a “Maltese cross”


Structure looking like a “Maltese cross”


Structure looking like a “Maltese cross”


[A] Cryptosporidiosis
[B] Leishmaniasis
[C] Babesiosis
[D] Rhinosporidiosis



Structure looking like a “Maltese cross”


  1. Babesiosis or piroplasmosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease
  2. Babesia parasites reproduce in red blood cells
  3. Maltese cross – Babesiosis- In RBCs they can be seen as cross-shaped inclusions: Four merozoites asexually budding, but attached together forming a structure looking like a “Maltese cross”



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