作者就与抗疟疫苗研究有关的疟原虫的结构和功能作了综述。子孢子:有侵袭力的子孢子的典型结构是:顶端有棒状体、微线和极环构成的复合体,中部或一侧有核,还有由一层外质膜及两层内膜所构成的薄膜,许多纵行有一定排列的微管附着于内膜上。在予孢子的外表未见有明显的细胞膜。从蚊体内抱子囊逸出的子孢子,结构上成熟至一定程度,且有活动力, The authors review the structure and function of the plasmodium associated with malaria vaccine research. Sporozoites: Invasive sporozoites are typically composed of a rod-shaped body at the tip, a complex of micro-wires and polar rings, a nucleus in the middle or on one side, and an outer membrane with two layers of endometrium Constitute the film, many longitudinal arrangement of microtubules attached to the intima. In the appearance of spores no obvious cell membrane. Sporozoites sporozoites escaping from the cysts inside the mosquito body mature to a certain degree and have activity,