At which stage, Plasmodium infects the liver of man?

Sporogony

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Erythrocytic cycle

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Pre-erythrocytic cycle

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Gamogony

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Solution

The correct option is C Pre-erythrocytic cycle
The exo-erythrocytic or the pre-erythrocytic phase involves maturation and development of the parasite in the liver of man. When an infected mosquito transmits the infection or sporozoites, as it takes in a blood meal, the sporozoites in the mosquito's saliva enter the bloodstream and migrate to the liver.

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