The protist and the virus appear to be helpful to each other:
HIV cripples the infected person's immune system which allows malaria to thrive. Similarly, individuals with malaria have recurrent feverish periods during which the viral load increases by a log factor. Higher viral loads mean that there is a greater risk of infection when coming into contact with this person's blood/body fluids.
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