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Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?

  1. A
    Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles
  2. B
    Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
  3. C
    Red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria
  4. D
    Spleen of infected humans

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Sporozoites are the infectious stage of the malarial parasite (Plasmodium). They are stored in the salivary glands of the infected female Anopheles mosquito and are injected into the human host through the mosquito's saliva during a bite.Getty Images

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Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?
A
Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles
B
Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
C
Red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria
D
Spleen of infected humans

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