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The infective stage of malarial parasite Plasmodium that enters human body is:

1. merozoite
2. sporozoite
3. trophozoite
4. minuta form

Correct answer: sporozoite

Solution

The malaria parasite enters humans when an infected female Anopheles mosquito injects the stage stored in its salivary glands. That stage is the sporozoite, which then travels to the liver to begin infection.

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