malefiz123

malefiz123 t1_j951ofy wrote

> Plasmodium*, the family of protozoa responsible for malaria, also displays this strategy, and also has a characteristic presentation of cycling fever (which is two or three days depending on the specific species).

An infectious disease specialist at my hospital said he never saw this kind of precise cycling in malaria patients, even though he treated hundreds of them. It seems to be one of the text book myths that float around medicine since forever.

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