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Once in the bloodstream, sporozoites arrest in the liver sinusoids, but the molecular determinants that mediate this specific homing are not yet genetically defined. Here we investigate the involvement of the thrombospondin-related sporozoite protein (TRSP) in this process using knockout <jats:italic>Plasmodium berghei<\/jats:italic> parasites and <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> bioluminescence imaging in mice. Resorting to a homing assay, <jats:italic>trsp<\/jats:italic> knockout sporozoites were found to arrest in the liver similar to control parasites. Moreover, we found no defects in the establishment of infection in mice following inoculation of <jats:italic>trsp<\/jats:italic> knockout sporozoites via intravenous and cutaneous injection or mosquito bite. Accordingly, mutant sporozoites were also able to successfully invade hepatocytes <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. Altogether, these results suggest TRSP may have a redundant role in the completion of the pre-erythrocytic phase of the malaria parasite. 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