Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4753851-20140620204919/@comment-4091815-20140620214101

There's no real answer to your question.

We've actually only seen one non-werewolf transformation from a "bite" which was Jackson.

Kate was scratched and a transformation from a scratch is something new that we've not ever seen before. Kate herself pondered the question in Season 1 but we've never actually seen it.

Malia was born into her situation as far as we know so no "bite" was involved with her at all (as far as we know).