Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In malaria, the characteristic chills and high fever recurring every 3 to 4 days are experienced immediately after the infective sporozoites multiply in and burst the liver cells. Reason (R): The rupture of infected red blood cells (RBCs) is associated with the release of a toxic substance, hemozoi

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Assertion (A) is false because the initial multiplication of sporozoites in the liver cells and their subsequent bursting does not cause the characteristic chills and fever. The fever and chills occur later, during the erythrocytic phase when red blood cells are infected and ruptured. Reason (R) is true because the rupture of infected red blood cells (RBCs) releases a toxic substance called hemozoin, which is responsible for the recurring chills and high fever every 3 to 4 days. Therefore, Assertion (A) is false bu