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[Host] person [Stage] erythrocyte schizogonous cycle (asexual) [Description] A merozoite enters an erythrocyte (red blood cell) and grows through feeding on the cell contents. The individual is transformed into a schizont that undergoes the process of schizogony to produce 6-24 merozoites (much less than the number produced in the liver). The cycle is usually repeated a number of times so that the number of infected erythrocytes in the blood stream increases enormously. The duration of the cycle is the duration between successive bouts of fever in the victim, each bout correlating with the simultaneous release of the merozoites from the cells. This is because the release stimulates the person’s immune system to produce cytokines which cause fever. Erythrocytes are killed by being infected and the remains are broken down in the spleen, a reason why the spleen is enlarged in people with malaria. [Place] 
blood stream
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Plasmodium (the genus of pathogens causing malaria)
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