Biology PYQ 335 of 399 · Human Health, Diseases & Immunity

Store house of malarial parasite in our body is–

  1. AStomach
  2. BSpleen
  3. CLiver
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above

BPSC TRE-3 (Jul 2024)

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Correct answer: (d) More than one of the above

Explanation

After a mosquito bite, Plasmodium first multiplies in the liver, then in the red blood cells. Infected red cells are destroyed in the spleen, which becomes enlarged.

Both the liver and the spleen store the parasite, so the answer is "More than one of the above".

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