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Name the primary and secondary host for Plasmodium.

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Two hosts are found in the life cycle of Plasmodium namely,
1) Primary host - Female Anopheles mosquito (fertilization takes place inside the mosquito)
2) Secondary Host - Human (intracellular parasite - infects RBCs and liver cells)

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