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Transmission. Male and female gametocytes form in the blood stream and migrate to the skin, where they are taken up by feeding mosquitoes. Transmission-blocking vaccines aim to mount an immune response against the gametocytes or the early development stages in the mosquito to eliminate the sexual stages and reduce the oocyte load in the vector.
