Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: {“Mosquitoes are drastically affecting the human health in almost all the developing tropical countries. Different species of mosquitoes cause very fatal diseases so much so that many humans lose their life and if they survive, are unable to put in productive hours to sustain their life. With the result, the health index of the country goes down.” Name the form in which {Plasmodium} gains entry into
(i) human body
(ii) the female {Anopheles} body.

Hint:

Sporozoites are the infective stage of {Plasmodium}, while gametocytes are responsible for transmission back to the mosquito.

Answer 1

(i) {Plasmodium} enters the human body as sporozoites through the bite of an infected female {Anopheles} mosquito. (ii) It enters the female {Anopheles} body as gametocytes from the blood of an infected human host.