malaria infection

Blood cells

get infected with merozoites which develop to further stages (gametocytes)

In the mosquito, Plasmodium gametocytes develop in several steps to sporozoites

Infected liver

Infected mosquito bites person who becomes infected with so-called sporozoites of the Plasmodium

Mosquito bites infected person becoming itself infected with gametocytes

Sporozoites produce thousands of so-called merozoites