135.INFECTIVE FORM OF MALARIA

A.SCHIZONT
B.SPOROZOITE'
C.MEROZOITE
D.TROPOZOITE

ANS:SPOROZOITE

• Diploid: Cells containing a full set of chromosomes. 
• Gametes: Reproductive elements, male and female. 
• Gametocytes: Precursors of the sexual forms of the malaria parasite, which release either male or female gametes within the stomach of the mosquito. 
• Haploid: Cells containing a half set of chromosomes.
• Merozoite: The form of the malaria parasite that invades red blood cells.
• Oocyst: A stage of the malaria parasite within the mosquito which is produced when male and female gametes combine. 
• Ookinete: The actively moving zygote of the malarial organism that penetrates the mosquito stomach to form an oocyst under the outer gut lining. 
• Sporozoite: The infectious form of the malaria parasite, which is injected into people by mosquitoes. 
• Zygote: The diploid cell resulting from union of a male and a female gamete.