Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite?

Options

A. Salivary glands of freshly moulted female Anopheles mosquito
B. Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
C. Red blood corpuscles of humans suffering from malaria
D. Spleen of infected humans

Answer

B

Explanation

The disease is transmitted from female Anopheles mosquitoes to human through the sporozoite stage of the plasmodium parasite in the course of blood meal. The infectious bite is invasion of the Anopheles salivary glands by the plasmodium sporozoites.