Plasmodium has a complex lifecycle involving both human and mosquito hosts. In humans, Plasmodium parasites infect liver cells and red blood cells, multiplying through schizont and merozoit stages. In mosquitoes, Plasmodium undergoes sexual reproduction through gametocyte and sporozoite stages, with oocysts forming in the mosquito midgut before infecting the salivary glands as sporozoites. The lifecycles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are compared, both developing through tropozoite, schizont and gametocyte stages to complete the cycle.
Plasmodium has a complex lifecycle involving both human and mosquito hosts. In humans, Plasmodium parasites infect liver cells and red blood cells, multiplying through schizont and merozoit stages. In mosquitoes, Plasmodium undergoes sexual reproduction through gametocyte and sporozoite stages, with oocysts forming in the mosquito midgut before infecting the salivary glands as sporozoites. The lifecycles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are compared, both developing through tropozoite, schizont and gametocyte stages to complete the cycle.
Plasmodium has a complex lifecycle involving both human and mosquito hosts. In humans, Plasmodium parasites infect liver cells and red blood cells, multiplying through schizont and merozoit stages. In mosquitoes, Plasmodium undergoes sexual reproduction through gametocyte and sporozoite stages, with oocysts forming in the mosquito midgut before infecting the salivary glands as sporozoites. The lifecycles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are compared, both developing through tropozoite, schizont and gametocyte stages to complete the cycle.