Definition of Sporozoite. Meaning of Sporozoite. Synonyms of Sporozoite

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Definition of Sporozoite

Sporozoite
Sporozoite Spo`ro*zo"ite, n. (Zo["o]l.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat am[oe]boid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.

Meaning of Sporozoite from wikipedia

- budding. A sporozoite (ancient Gr**** sporos, seed + zōon, animal) is the cell form that infects new hosts. In Plasmodium, for instance, the sporozoites are cells...
- life cycle. The human-infective stage are sporozoites from the salivary gland of a mosquito. The sporozoites grow and multiply in the liver to become merozoites...
- sporozoites are formed. It has completed the sporulation stage after about 24 hours and can now infect a new host. The chicken ingests the sporozoite...
- divide many times to produce large numbers of small elongated sporozoites. These sporozoites migrate to the salivary glands of the mosquito where they can...
- words—apex (top) and complexus (infolds)—for the set of organelles in the sporozoite. The Apicomplexa comprise the bulk of what used to be called the Sporozoa...
- stages during the lifecycle. CSP and sporozoite surface protein 2 (called PfSSP2) were derived from the sporozoite phase. The liver stage antigen 1 (LSA1)...
- feeding, the mosquito injects saliva, along with sporozoites, through the skin. A proportion of these sporozoites reach the liver. There they enter hepatic cells...
- Infection False-colored electron micrograph showing a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelium of a rat Specialty Infectious diseases...
- cryptosporidium. Inside the host, the sporulated oocyst opens, and eight sporozoites are released. Each one finds a home in an intestinal cell and starts...
- Anopheles species) bites a human and injects sporozoites into the bloodstream during a bloodmeal. The sporozoites travel to the liver where they invade liver...