The sporozoites that cause infection when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are formed in:

salivary glands of mosquito

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of mosquito

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gut of mosquito

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liver of the person

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Solution

The correct option is C gut of mosquito
Life cycle of Plasmodium
Plasmodium is digenetic. It needs two hosts, man and female Anopheles mosquito, to complete its life cycle.
The asexual phase occurs in man and the sexual phase in the female Anopheles mosquito.

Final answer

d. gut of the mosquito

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