The sporozoites that cause infection, when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are formed in

Options

A. Liver of the person
B. RBCs of mosquito
C. Salivary gland of mosquito
D. Gut of mosquito

Answer

C

Explanation

Malaria is caused by one – cell parasite called plasmodium. Female Anopheles mosquito contains its infected stage sporozoites in the salivary gland which are injected and pass into the blood of the person being bitten.