Sexual Cycle of the Malaria Parasite

The sexual cycle of the malaria parasite begins when the Anopheles mosquito vector sucks the blood of an infected human (a gametocyte carrier). The mosquito takes in all stages of the malaria parasite during this blood meal. However, except for the gametocytes, all the remaining stages, including the ring stage, trophozoites, and schizonts, are digested […]