Gametocytes

... sporozoites in their salivary glands. A mosquito becomes infected when it takes a blood meal from an infected human. Once ingested, the parasite gametocytes taken up in the blood will further differentiate into male or female gametes and then fuse in the mosquito gut. This produces an ookinete ...

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... been identified as vectors for malaria. Distribution varies from country to country. By biting an infected person, a female mosquito sucks the gametocytes which are the sexual forms of the parasite. The gametocytes continue to the sexual stage of the cycle and the sporozoites eventually reach ...

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