Answer any three of the following (restrict your answer to two or three important sentences):
(a) Incubation period of the malarial parasite

Explanation

The incubation period in malaria is defined as the period between infection and beginning of the symptoms. It typically lasts between ten days to four weeks.
The incubation period is affected by the type of Plasmodium parasite responsible for the infection. If a patient is given antimalarial drugs .which. prevent the spread of disease, it can also increase the incubation period by weeks or months.