Question

Incubation period of Plasmodium Vivax is
A.30 days
B.45 days
C.20-25 days
D.10-14 days

Answer 1

Plasmodium vivax is a protozoan and it is a malarial parasite that can cause malaria and it lives on humans as a pathogen.

Complete answer:
1)Plasmodium vivax is a malarial parasite carried by the female anopheles mosquitoes to humans, the mosquito here acts as the vector for the malarial parasite.
2)The incubation period is also known as the latency period is the time between the moment infection is caused and the appearance of symptoms of that infection.
3)The incubation period is the gap where the parasite or the infectious agents can multiply continuously to grow in numbers after which at the end of the incubation period, the symptoms start appearing for that infection or disease, and the disease can be properly diagnosed only after the incubation period.

Option D: The incubation period of the infectious agents is variable and the incubation period of Plasmodium Vivax is around 10-14 days after which the symptoms of malaria start appearing. Therefore, this is the correct option.

All other options are irrelevant.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: The person does not show any symptoms during the incubation period but whether the person will be contagious during the incubation period or not, depends on the type of disease which the person is suffering from. For example, the person having HIV does not show any symptoms during the incubation period but the person is still infectious and can spread the infection to other persons.