Fig. 1
From: Transmission-blocking strategies: the roadmap from laboratory bench to the community
Representation of the malaria life cycle. Arrows represent the different stages of infection and parasite density, in humans: 1 invasion of hepatocytes, 2 merozoites maturation and release, 3a intra-erythrocytic cycle, 3b gametocytes formation; and, mosquito: 1 gametes egress and fertilization, 2 meiotic division and midgut invasion, 3 oocyst fixation and mitotic division, 4 sporozoites release and salivary glands invasion