The parasite intraerythrocytic cycle and human circadian cycle are coupled during malaria infection

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During infections with the malaria parasites Plasmodium vivax , patients exhibit rhythmic fevers every 48 h. These fever cycles correspond with the time the parasites take to traverse the intraerythrocytic cycle (IEC). In other Plasmodium species that infect either humans or mice, the IEC is likely guided by a parasite-intrinsic clock [Rijo-Ferreira et al. , Science 368 , 746–753 (2020); Smith et al ., Science...

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