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← Life Sciences & MedicineIf a mosquito infected with malaria initially probes a host but fails to draw blood, which consequence follows?
A)Sporozoites remain in salivary glands
B)Oocysts develop within mosquito gut
C)Infection probability drops significantly✓
D)Gametocytes mature more rapidly
💡 Explanation
The malaria parasite's sporozoites are injected during blood feeding; therefore, if the mosquito fails to fully feed, sporozoites are less likely to enter the host, because the transmission event is interrupted, rather than initiating infection processes.
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