Assertion :Sporozoites of malaria parasite enter human body by biting of new born female Anopheles whose mother was carrier Reason: Male and female gametocytes of malaria parasite develop in human intestine
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by Plasmodium species. In the life cycle of Plasmodium, an infective female Anopheles mosquito transmits a motile infective form called the sporozoite to a human host by biting. Sporozoite undergoes pre-erythrocytic cycle, erythrocytic cycle and then exo-erythrocytic cycle and releases gametocytes in the bloodstream.
So, the correct answer is 'Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect'.