participates in located in Plasmodium falciparum Anopheles midgut Homo sapiens erythrocyte Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte stage Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte Chris Stoeckert Jie Zheng A Plasmodium falciparum that is located either in the bloodstream of the human host or midgut of mosquito vector. Gametocytes are the precursor cells of the macro- or micro-gametes. S Khan C. Janse K. Louis Plasmodium gametocyte