Question

(a) Name the infective stage of Plasmodium which Anopheles mosquite take in along with the blood meal from an infected humen.
(b) Why does the infection cause fever in humen ?
Give a flow chart of the part of the life-cycle of this parasite passed in the insect.

Answer 1

(a) Gametocyte.
(b) The rupture of RBC is associated with released of a toxic substance, haemozoin, which is responsible for the chill and high fever recurring every three to four days.