| AMA-1 | Apical membrane antigen 1 |
| CLSM | Confocal laser scanning microscopy |
| FE | Freeze-etching |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| GRA | Dense granule protein |
| HCPM | Host cell plasma membrane |
| IFA | Indirect immunofluorescent assay |
| IMC | Inner membrane complex |
| LM | Light microscopy |
| PPM | Parasite plasma membrane |
| PS | Parasitophorous sac |
| PV | Parasitophorous vacuole |
| PVM | Parasitophorous vacuole membrane |
| RON | Rhoptry neck protein |
| ROP | Rhoptry (bulb) protein |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TRITC | Tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate |