Malaria Cycle

Question 1

Malaria cycle

Answer 1

Gametocytes –> sporozoites –> merozoites –> schizonts –> merozoites –> gametocytes

Question 2

Gametocytes

Answer 2

When mosquito sucks blood with gametocytes, they pass into the salivary glands of mosquito where they develop into sporozoites

Question 3

Sporozoites

Answer 3

Passed on to humans when mosquitos bite, travel with blood into liver cells where they divide to form thousands of merozoites

Question 4

Merozoites

Answer 4

Released from the liver into the blood, where they enter the red blood cells, some of these form schizonts

Question 5

Schizonts

Answer 5

Burst the red blood cells, releasing more merozoites, this is when fever attacks are seen

Question 6

Merozoites part II

Answer 6

Some merozoites in the blood cells enter sexual reproduction and produce female gametocytes, transferred back into the mosquito when it bites