Question

Name the site and the host where each of the following are formed:
(i) Sporozoites
(ii) Gametoeytes

Answer 1

Sporozoites:- The parasite's life cycle in the human host begins by sporozoites being inoculated into a host's skin through the bite of an infected mosquito; these sporozoites (having a larva-like morphology) are rapidly transported to the liver once they reach the bloodstream, and they are retained there by specific molecules, Gametoeytes:- Gametocytes, the precursors of male and female gametes, of malaria parasites are formed in the human host through the developmental switch from asexual replication in erythrocytes. Although gametocytes are not responsible for clinical symptoms, they ensure the transmission of malaria to another host.