Table 1.

Summary of replicative stages in the P. falciparum life-cycle

Replicative stage	Host	Time period	Daughter cells	Rounds of replication	Time available per genome replication	Key references
Hepatic schizogony	Human (liver)	~ 7 days	> 10,000	~ 14	~ 12 h	[108, 109]
Erythrocytic schizogony	Human (bloodstream)	48 h	~ 16–20	4–5	~ 4 h	[13]
Gametogenesis	Mosquito	15 min	8	3	< 4 min	[4, 110]
Sporogony	Mosquito	~ 10 days	~ 10,000	~ 14	~ 17 h	[111, 112]