Table of the summary of clinically used anti-malarial drugs. All plasmodial infection Chloroquine Chloroquine or proguanil Infection with Chloroquine-resistant P.falciparum. The female Anopheles mosquito is the vector responsible for transmitting the parasite. Life cycle of the protozoa is complex occurring in man and in the mosquito. Its life cycle comprised of both the sexual and asexual forms.
Sexual cycle is the mosquito, while the asexual cycle in man.
The parasites enter the host s blood stream as the mosquito bites for a blood meal, unaware to her. Hepatocytes ruptures to released merozoites that enter red blood cells. Mitotic divisions occur in the cells giving rise to schizonts. These red cells ruptures, releasing mature merozoites. Multiplication is at a phenomenal rate, a single vivax give rise to 250 millions in days.