CBSE 2022 · Region 3 · Set 3 · Q7 · 3 marks
Plasmodium enters the human body through the bite of infected female Anopheles. Trace its life cycle till the onset of malaria in human.
Marking-scheme solution
//When mosquito carrying sporozoites bites a human, sporozoites are injected in human body.
Sporozoites reach the liver through blood
Parasites reproduce asexually in liver cells , burst these cells and get released into blood.
Parasite enters RBCs and reproduce asexually, RBCs burst (releases haemozoin) which causes cycles of fever and chill.
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