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Yes. malaria is caused by a type of parasite of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are very small with a complex life cycle. When an infected mosquito bites you, the parasites get into your blood stream and head for your liver to continue development. Then they infect your blood cells to develop into adult parasites, splitting open the red blood cells to escape. It is this cyclical infection and rupturing of the blood cells that causes the characteristic peaks of high fever in people with malaria. When these infected people are bitten by mosquitoes, it starts the life cycle all over.

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