Intermittent fever: The temperature elevation is present only for a certain period, later cycling back to normal, e.g. malaria, kala-azar, pyaemia, or sepsis. Following are its types:[27] Quotidian fever, with a periodicity of 24 hours, typical of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria Tertian fever (48-hour periodicity), typical of later in the course of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, or Plasmodium ovale malaria[28] Quartan fever (72-hour periodicity), typical of later in the course of Plasmodium malariae malaria.[28] Remittent fever: Temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1 °C in 24 hours, e.g., infective endocarditis, brucellosis. Pel–Ebstein fever: A specific kind of fever associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma, being high for one week and low for the next week and so on.