Question

Name the stages of Plasmodium.
i) introduced by an infected Anopheles mosquito.
ii) picked up by Anopheles mosquito from an infected human being.

Answer 1

OPTION A IS THE ANS......

Answer 2

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● Answers -

(i) Stage of plasmodium introduced by an infected Anopheles mosquito.

• Answer - Sporozoite

(ii) Stage of plasmodium picked up by Anopheles mosquito from an infected human being.

• Answer - Gametocyte

# Extra information -

• Malaria is caused by Plasmodium species - Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium falciparum.
• For plasmodium, anopheles mosquito is definitive host and human is intermediate host.

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