Multiple choice

Female anopheles is

  1. an endogenous host for Plasmodium

  2. an exogenous host for Plasmodium

  3. an initial host

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In the life cycle of Plasmodium, the sexual phase (sporogony) occurs within the mosquito, which is considered the exogenous host or definitive host. The asexual phase (schizogony) occurs within the human, the endogenous or intermediate host.

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