▁where ▁the ▁par as ite ▁dig ests ▁hem og lo bin ▁to ▁obtain ▁am ino ▁ac ids ▁for ▁protein ▁synth esis . ▁ ▁E ry th ro cy t ic ▁cycle ▁The ▁total ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁int ra ery th ro cy t ic ▁development , ▁is ▁roughly ▁ 7 2 ▁hours ▁for ▁P . ▁mal aria e . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁sch izont ▁stage , ▁after ▁sch iz og onic ▁division , ▁there ▁are ▁roughly ▁ 6 – 8 ▁par as ite ▁cells ▁in ▁the ▁er yth ro cy te . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁er yth ro cy t ic ▁cycle , ▁which ▁last s ▁for ▁sevent y ▁two ▁hours ▁on ▁average , ▁six ▁to ▁four teen ▁m ero zo ites ▁are ▁released ▁to ▁rein va de ▁other ▁er yth ro cy tes . ▁Finally , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁m ero zo ites ▁develop ▁into ▁either ▁micro - ▁or ▁mac rog am et ocy tes . ▁The ▁two ▁types ▁of ▁gam et ocy tes ▁are ▁taken ▁into ▁the ▁mos qu ito ▁during ▁feed ing ▁and ▁the ▁cycle ▁is ▁repeated . ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁animal ▁res er voir s ▁for ▁P . ▁mal aria e . ▁ ▁Mos qu ito ▁stage ▁Similar ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁human - in fect ing ▁Pl as mod ium ▁par as ites , ▁Pl as mod ium ▁mal aria e ▁has ▁distinct ▁development al ▁cycles ▁in ▁the ▁An oph eles ▁mos qu ito ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁human ▁host . ▁The ▁mos qu ito ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁definit ive