Question

The smallest prepatent period in man is of 9-14 days passed, by which of the following, Plasmodium species?
A. Falciparum
B. Ovale
C. Malariae
D.Vivax

Answer 1

This Plasmodium species is responsible for the majority of uncomplicated and serious malaria cases recorded in clinics and hospitals around Ghana.

Complete Answer:
Plasmodium is a unicellular eukaryotic genus that is a binding parasite of insects and vertebrates. The life cycles of the Plasmodium species include the formation of a blood-feeding insect host that then injects parasites during a blood meal into a vertebrate host.
Plasmodium falciparum can carry significant infection and has the shortest time of incubation relative to all other V if Plasmodium. Incubation times of 9-14 days for immune and 6-14 days for non-immune have been recorded for P. falciparum.
Plasmodium ovale is a species of parasitic protozoa that obtains tertian malaria in humans. Plasmodium ovale incubation time is 12-20 days.
Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that carries malaria in humans. It is one of the species of Plasmodium parasites that infects other organisms as pathogens. Plasmodium malariae incubation time is 18-40 days.
Plasmodium vivax is a protozoan parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most widespread and widely spread cause of recurring malaria. Plasmodium vivax incubation time is 12-17 days.

Thus, the correct answer is option A. i.e., Falciparum.

Note: Plasmodium is a parasite that causes malaria. It is neither bacteria nor virus. It is a parasite with a single-cell that multiplies in human red blood cells and in the intestine of the mosquito.