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If 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

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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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