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Where does the sexual stage of Plasmodium gets completed?(a) In the RBCs of human(b) In the liver of human(c) In the salivary glands of the mosquito(d) In mosquito’s gutI had been asked this question in unit test.The question is from Protozoan Diseases in Humans in portion Human Health and Disease of Biology – Class 12

Answer» CORRECT OPTION is (d) In mosquito’s gut

The explanation is: When the Anopheles mosquito sucks the blood of an individual infected with Plasmodium pathogen then all the stages of Plasmodium are digested EXCEPT that of MACROGAMETOCYTES and Microgametocytes. Further, fertilisation and development take place inside mosquito’s gut.


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