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Question
Show with the help of a flow chart only, the life cycle of malarial parasite in humans.
Solution
The malarial parasite, Plasmodium, requires two hosts to complete its life cycle. In humans, the asexual phase of growth occurs, which can be represented as follows:
The gametocytes finally produced inside the human body are taken up by female Anopheles mosquito while sucking the blood of the infected person, and then the sexual phase of growth of the malarial parasite occurs within its body.
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