Toxoplasma parasites in a human skin cell

Toxoplasma parasites in day three of acute infection, sitting snugly between two nuclei of a human skin cell.

Toxoplasma is documented to dysregulate the host cell cycle - host cells like this fibroblast could duplicate their DNA but never finish the division, remaining binucleate.

🟦Toxoplasma inner shell 🟨🟧🟥🟪 DNA (depth colour-coded)