Q. Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?
A) Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles mosquito
B) Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
C) Red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria
D) Spleen of infected humans
Explanation
[Solution from source] Sporozoites, the infective stage of Plasmodium, are stored in the salivary glands of an infected female Anopheles and enter humans with her saliva when she bites. A freshly moulted mosquito has not yet fed on an infected person, and human RBCs contain merozoites and trophozoites. Answer (2).
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