| 1. | After a period of dormancy, they reactivate and produce merozoites.
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| 2. | On entering the blood stream the merozoites penetrate other endothelial cells.
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| 3. | Within the erythrocytes or leukocytes, the merozoites develop into gametocytes.
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| 4. | In the asexually ( tissue schizogony ), producing thousands of merozoites.
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| 5. | Some of these merozoites can cause autoinfection by attaching to epithelial cells.
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| 6. | Their merozoites are around twice the size of small ones.
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| 7. | The merozoites have rhoptries, micronemes and three apical rings.
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| 8. | The merozoites inside the megaloschizonts were less than 1 micrometer in diameter.
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| 9. | Merozoites contained high levels of cell recognition and invasion proteins.
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| 10. | Each infected cell generally yields 4 to 8 new merozoites.
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