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From: A compendium of molecules involved in vector-pathogen interactions pertaining to malaria

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Plasmodium life-cycle within the mosquito. Ingestion of Plasmodium infected blood by the mosquitoes is followed by reductional division in male and female gametocytes resulting in formation and fusion of male and female gametes within mosquito midgut, to form a zygote. The zygote then develops into an ookinete. The ookinete invades midgut epithelia to reach basal lamina, where it matures into oocyst. The oocysts upon maturation, release hundreds of sporozoites into haemocoel. Sporozoites migrate from midgut to salivary gland through haemolymph and then invade salivary glands. Once inside the salivary gland the sporozoites undergo further modifications and are injected into the host blood stream during a blood meal.

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