Plasmodium sps.
Gametocytes develop in red blood cells of humans.
Life-cycle:
Sporozoites are injected with the bite of Anopheles mosquito into the body.
↓
Sporozoites reach the liver through blood
↓
Parasite reproduces asexually in the liver cells, and by bursting the liver cells enter the blood.
↓
They enter the red blood cells
↓
Parasites reproduce asexually in red blood cells and by bursting them release haemozoin which causes cycles of fever
↓
Parasites enter new red blood cells
↓
Starts the sexual stages (gametocytes) in red blood cells.
Stages in the life cycle of Plasmodium
