Period between inoculation and appearance of parasite in blood is called

Maturation time

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Prepatent period

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Incubation period

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Febrile period

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Solution

The correct option is A Prepatent period
The prepatent period is defined as the time between sporozoite inoculation and the appearance of parasites in the blood and represents the duration of the liver stage and the number of merozoites produced. The symptoms tend to correlate with increasing numbers of parasites.
Hence the correct option is B.

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