Sexual stage of Plasmodium occurs in:

Salivary glands of mosquito

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Human RBC

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Intestine of mosquito

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Human liver

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Solution

The correct option is B Human RBC
Sexual stage (gametocyte) of Plasmodium occurs in human RBC. There are three stages of the life cycle of Plasmodium. The first and second stages take place into the human body and the third stage starts in the human body and completes into the mosquito.

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