Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the life cycle of malarial parasite is incorrect?

  1. The sporozoites travel to the liver and invade liver cells.

  2. Over 5-16 days, the sporozoites grow, divide and produce tens of thousands of merozoites.

  3. The merozoites exit the liver cells and re-enter the bloodstream.

  4. Some of the merozoite-infected blood cells leave the cycle of sexual multiplication.

  5. When a mosquito bites an infected human, it ingests the gametocytes.
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Explanation

Some of the merozoite-infected blood cells leave the cycle of asexual multiplication. Instead of replicating, the merozoites in these cells develop into sexual forms of the parasite, called male and female gametocytes that circulate in the bloodstream.

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