This stage occurs with P. vivax and P. ovale where the parasites remain in a latent form in the liver. P. malariae also has a latent form which remains in the blood.
In these benign forms of malaria relapse may therefore occur.
P. falciparum, does not have a latent form, and following successful cure no relapses occur.
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