Editing Plasmodium falciparum (section)

===Incubation period===
The time of appearance of the symptoms from infection (called [[incubation period]]) is shortest for ''P. falciparum'' among ''Plasmodium'' species. An average incubation period is 11 days,<ref name=trampuz03/> but may range from 9 to 30 days. In isolated cases, prolonged incubation periods as long as 2, 3 or even 8 years have been recorded.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bartoloni|first1=A|last2=Zammarchi|first2=L|title=Clinical aspects of uncomplicated and severe malaria|journal=Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases|date=2012|volume=4|issue=1|pages=e2012026|doi=10.4084/MJHID.2012.026|pmid=22708041|pmc=3375727}}</ref> Pregnancy and co-infection with [[HIV]] are important conditions for delayed symptoms.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=D'Ortenzio|first1=E|last2=Godineau|first2=N|last3=Fontanet|first3=A|last4=Houze|first4=S|last5=Bouchaud|first5=O|last6=Matheron|first6=S|last7=Le Bras|first7=J|title=Prolonged ''Plasmodium falciparum'' infection in immigrants, Paris|journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases|date=2008|volume=14|issue=2|pages=323–326|doi=10.3201/eid1402.061475|pmid=18258132|pmc=2600192}}</ref> Parasites can be detected from blood samples by the 10th day after infection (pre-patent period).<ref name=trampuz03/>