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What is a Malaria Parasite?

January 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is a malaria parasite? ANSWER A malaria parasite is a single-celled protozoan of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites have a complex life-cycle, which involves sexual reproduction in a mosquito vector, plus cycles of asexual reproduction and multiplication in a human host (or other animal - other primates, rodents, birds and reptiles can also be infected with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: asexual reproduction, Center for Disease Control, human host, mosquito, Plasmodium, sexual reproduction, vector

What are Gametocytes?

December 9, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are Gametocytes? ANSWER Gametocytes are the sexually reproductive form of the malaria parasite. They circulate in the blood of the human/mammal host and are picked up by the mosquito when it takes a blood meal. Inside the mosquito, the gametocytes undergo sexual reproduction in the mosquito midgut, producing oocysts which attach to the midgut wall and produce sporozoites, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, blood meal, gametocytes, midgut, mosquitoes, oocysts, sexual reproduction, sporozoites

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