Name the form in which Plasmodium gains entry into i) human body ii) the female…

Name the form in which Plasmodium gains entry into i) human body ii) the female Anopheles body.

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i) Plasmodium gains entry into the human body in the form of sporozoites. Sporozoites are the infectious form of the malaria parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.

ii) Plasmodium gains entry into the female Anopheles mosquito body in the form of gametocytes. Gametocytes are the sexual stage of the malaria parasite that infects mosquitoes when they ingest the blood of an infected human during a blood meal. Within the mosquito, gametocytes undergo sexual reproduction to form male and female gametes, leading to the formation of sporozoites in the mosquito’s salivary glands, which can then be transmitted to another human host during subsequent blood feeding.