Question

Mention the names of human body cells which are prone to the attack of Plasmodium.

Answer 1

Hint: Plasmodium is the unicellular parasite that causes the malaria in the vertebrates. It mainly lives in the host of the insects and the mammals. They live in the two hosts to complete its full lifecycle as the female Anopheles mosquito and the human.

Complete Answer:
When the female anopheles mosquito bites the infected person, the sporozoites enter the healthy person’s body. Plasmodium moves to the liver first and affects the liver cells. They produce the small vesicles and begin to undergo cell division and the reproduction. From there they move into the bloodstream affecting the red blood cells. These sporozoites grow into the RBC and start to multiply there.

After performing certain multiplication, these cells undergo bursting for every 48-72 hours. This bursting, may release several sporozoites in the blood. Each time when there is the bursting, there will be the symptoms of the high fever, chills and the sweating. The symptoms of the malaria in the human are alternate high temperature and the chill, vomiting, pain in the muscles, diarrhea etc.

Hence the plasmodium affects the liver and the erythrocytes in the human body and these organs are prone to this parasite.

Note: This female anopheles mosquito is called night bite mosquito, since they bite only during the time between the night and the dawn. Malaria also transfers to the other person by the blood transfusion and the sharing of the needles between the infected person and the healthy one.