Plasmodium fallax: phagocytosis of exoerythrocytic stages in tissue culture

Wandering phagocytes in tissue cultures were attracted to the exoerythrocytic stages, both intracellular and extracellular, of Plasmodium fallax. They phagocytized free merozoites or schizonts that had been freed from host cells. They attempted to phagocytize large intracellular parasites.