Identify the incorrectly matched pair regarding Plasmodium, the protozoan responsible for causing malaria in humans:

1.

Cause of malignant tertian malaria

Plasmodium falciparum

2.

Paroxysm [clinical features] of malaria

Release of hemozoin on rupture of RBCs

3.

Fertilization during the life cycle

Gut of female anopheles

4.

Infective stage to mankind

Trophozoites

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The occurrence of chills and fever in malaria is associated with:

1.  Rupture of hepatocytes during exo-erythrocytic cycle of the parasite
2.  Inoculation of the sporozoite by the mosquito bite into humans
3.  Release of haemozoin due to rupture of RBCs by the parasite
4.  Development of the adult trophozoite in the RBC
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The sporozoites that cause infection when a female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, are found in:

1. liver of the person

2. RBCs of mosquito

3. salivary glands of the mosquito

4. gut of the mosquito

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Aedes aegypti is not a vector for:

1.  Dengue 2.  Chikungunya
3.  Japanese encephalitis 4.  Yellow fever

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