P. vivax and P. ovale:

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The incubation time is a few weeks to years. The awakening of dormant parasites in the liver (hypnozoites) explains late relapses. The fever is sometimes regular (every 48 hours), especially in cases of recrudescence (tertian malaria). In 1922 P. vivax was introduced for the treatment of neurosyphilis. The bacterium which causes syphilis has little resistance to heat, it was hoped that the high fever would kill the bacteria (Treponema pallidum).

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