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Cryptosporidium, tracheal mucosa, turkey
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Cryptosporidium, tracheal mucosa, turkey

    Cryptosporidium protozoal organisms within the apical aspects of the tracheal mucosa of a turkey. Cryptosporidium are intracellular but extracytoplasmic, giving the appearance of the organisms being outside the host cell.

Courtesy of Dr. Jean Sander.