131.Schizont stage of Plasmodium occurs in human cells (a) erythrocytes (b) liver cells (c) erythrocytes and liver cells (d) erythrocytes, liver cells and spleen cells
Option C Schizont stage of Plasmodium occurs in human erythrocytes and liver cells. Within the human blood the sporozoites, circulates about half an hour and enters into the liver cell. The kupffer cells of the liver clear the sporozoites from the blood stream and kill many of the organisms. A fraction of sporozoites escape destruction, however, and penetrate the hepatocytes where they take up the residence. Here they multiply by schizogony.
