Mosquitoes that transmit malaria pick up what stage(s)when feeding on the blood of a patient ill with malaria?
A)microgametocytes and macrogametocytes that mature into gametes in the insect host
B)sporozoites from the oocysts
C)merozoites that escape from the red blood cells
D)hemozoin stored in red blood cells
E)trophozoites in red blood cells

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Mosquitoes that transmit malaria pick up microgametocytes and macrogametocytes from the blood of an infected person. These then mature into gametes within the mosquito, which are necessary for the mosquito to transmit the malaria parasite to other hosts.

Mosquitoes That Transmit Malaria Pick Up What Stage(s)when Feeding on the Blood