The infective form of malarial parasite is:

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The infective form of malarial parasite is: (A) multinucleate sporozoite (B) cryptomerozoite (C) cryptozoite (D) uninucieate sporozoite

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In humans, malaria is caused by Plasmodium species. When an infected Anopheles mosquito bites a healthy person, it introduces numerous sickle shaped uninucleate sporozoites in man. So this uninucleate sporozoite is the infective stage of malaria parasite.

Q. The infective form of malarial parasite is:

multinucleate sporozoite

cryptomerozoite

cryptozoite

uninucieate sporozoite

In humans, malaria is caused by Plasmodium species. When an infected Anopheles mosquito bites a healthy person, it introduces numerous sickle shaped uninucleate sporozoites in man. So this uninucleate sporozoite is the infective stage of malaria parasite.