Highest incubation period occurs in Plasmodium

Options

A. P. malariae
B. P. vivax
C. P. ovale
D. P. falciparum

Answer

A

Explanation

Following the infective bite by the anopheles mosquito a period of time (the incubation period) goes by before the first symptoms appear. The shorter period observed in plasmodium flaciparum (9 to 14 days) and longest in plasmodium malariae (7 to 30 days), 12 to 18 days for plasmodium vivax and ovale.